SOELTER v. ST. VINCENT HOSP.

No. 83-345.

683 P.2d 480 (1984)

Faye SOELTER, Claimant and Respondent, v. ST. VINCENT HOSPITAL, Employer, and Aetna Life & Casualty Co., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided June 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anderson, Brown, Gerbase, Cebull & Jones; Richard F. Cebull, Billings, for defendant and appellant.

William T. Kelly, Patrick L. Prindle, Halverson & Sheehy, Billings, for claimant and respondent.


WEBER, Justice.

St. Vincent Hospital (Hospital) and its insurer appeal the judgment of the Workers' Compensation Court granting permanent total disability benefits to Faye Soelter. The Workers' Compensation Court concluded that liberal interpretation of the Act allowed it to resolve a conflict in medical testimony by finding as facts only those medical opinions which substantiated the claim. We reverse the judgment of the Court.

The uncontested facts are that...

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