Court Opinion

ID: 9508735
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 21:37:12.028899+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:07:37.087300
License: Public Domain

MR. JUSTICE HUNT,
specially concurring:
I concur in the result reached by the majority here for the reasons that it has long been the policy (albeit a policy without a purpose) for the State of Montana to refuse its injured workers a lump sum that can be invested for their benefit. The proposals set forth in the dissent of Mr. Justice Sheehy are well worth consideration by the legislature.
The plight of the claimant demonstrates that being an injured worker in Montana is no big financial deal. To those who assume that there is rocking chair money in Worker’s Compensation benefits, I recommend reading the facts of this case.