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SANDAHL v. JAMES A. SLACK, INC.

No. 86-317.

732 P.2d 831 (1987)

Michael SANDAHL (Deceased), Stephanie Sandahl, Claimant and Appellant, v. JAMES A. SLACK, INC., Employer, and Glacier General Insurance Company, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided January 29, 1987.

Rehearing Denied February 20, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael C. Prezeau, Trieweiler Law Firm, Whitefish, for claimant and appellant.

P. Mars Scott, Mulroney, Delaney & Scott, Missoula, for defendant and respondent.

HUNT, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Workers' Compensation Court awarding Stephanie Sandahl survivorship benefits of $211.77 per week. We reverse and remand.

The only issue on appeal is whether periods of forced idleness should be excluded when calculating the compensation rate for beneficiaries of a deceased fulltime employee.

Michael Sandahl was killed on November 1, 1984 when his log truck overturned on an icy highway west of...

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