ANR also recites a lengthy history indicating that claimant has had continuous back problems since his 1979 injury and argues that he never reached maximum healing. It attaches a number of discovery documents to its opposition. P. Supplementation of affidavits and other discovery may be permitted. While the Workers' Compensation Court has generally applied the summary judgment procedures specified by the Montana Rules of Civil Procedure, application of those procedures may in some cases be inappropriate. Cases in the Workers' Compensation Court are heard on an expedited basis.
Discovery is conducted on an expedited basis.
Ordinarily, trials are held within seventy-five days of the filing deadline and are completed in less than a day. Motions for summary judgment may delay trial without any corresponding economies. The time and effort involved in preparing briefs and resolving motions for summary judgment may be as great or greater than that expended in resolving the issues by trial. Therefore, the Court may decline to consider individual summary judgment motions where the issues may be resolved just as expeditiously by trial as by motion. The Court declines to enter summary judgment based on the sparse and incomplete record presented to it.