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CADWELL v. BECHTEL POWER CORP.

No. 86-254.

732 P.2d 1352 (1987)

Fredric CADWELL, Claimant and Appellant, v. BECHTEL POWER CORPORATION, Employer, and Industrial Indemnity Company, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided February 26, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bottomly & Gabriel, R.V. Bottomly, Great Falls, for claimant and appellant.

Marra, Wenz, Johnson & Hopkins, David E. Bauer, Great Falls, for defendant and respondent.

Jeffrey T. Renz for ACLU, Billings, for amicus curiae.

HUNT, Justice.

Claimant Cadwell was awarded permanent partial disability benefits by the Montana Workers' Compensation Court. We are asked to decide if attorney fees awarded to this successful Workers' Compensation claimant whose injury occurred in 1981 should be based on standards in effect on the date of the injury or on the standards adopted in 1985 and set forth in § 39-71-614, MCA.

We reverse the Workers' Compensation Court's decision to apply the...

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