SWANSON v. CHAMPION INTERN. CORP.

No. 81-229.

646 P.2d 1166 (1982)

Gary P. SWANSON (fatal), Kim Swanson Collins, Formerly known as Kim R. Swanson, Personal Representative of Estate of Gary P. Swanson, Appellant and Claimant, v. CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Employer, and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided April 9, 1982.

Rehearing Denied June 28, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Benn, argued, Missoula, for appellant and claimant.

Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, Robert Sheridan, argued, Missoula, for defendants and respondents.


SHEEHY, Justice.

This case comes to us on appeal from the Workers' Compensation Court, which entered an order affirming a determination by the Workers' Compensation Division that Liberty Mutual Insurance Company was entitled to $24,000 out of a settlement of $56,250 that Kim Swanson had received for claims arising out of the death of her husband Gary P. Swanson.

Gary P. Swanson, an employee of Champion International...

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