DAVIS v. JONES

No. 82-387.

661 P.2d 859 (1983)

John A. DAVIS (Fatal), Vivian Marie Davis, Claimants and Respondents, v. George W. JONES, Employer and Mountain West Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided April 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Utick, Grosfield & Uda, Helena, for defendants and appellants.

Joseph C. Engel III, Butte, for claimants and respondents.


GULBRANDSON, Justice.

The insurer appeals from an order issued by the Workers' Compensation Court granting claimant a waiver of the twelve-month filing requirement in section 39-71-601(1), MCA.

On February 15, 1980, the claimant's husband, a ranch hand, became unconscious while chopping a hole in some ice. His employer, George Jones, suggested that the husband go home and see a doctor. The husband went to see some friends and returned home at about 9:30 p...

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