NAVE v. STATE COMP. MUT. INS. FUND

No. 91-451.

835 P.2d 706 (1992)

Debra NAVE, as surviving widow of Lawrence E. Nave, Jr., and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Lawrence E. Nave, Jr., and as conservator of the Estate of Beau Nave, Petitioner and Appellant, v. STATE COMPENSATION MUTUAL INSURANCE FUND, Respondent, v. Mary Lou WEYER, as conservator of the Estate of Randi Marie Nave, Intervening Party.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided July 20, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd E. Hartford, Billings, for petitioner and appellant.

Joe C. Maynard, Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Dietrich, Billings, for respondent.


HARRISON, Justice.

Appellant Debra Nave, claimant's widow, appeals from an order and judgment of the Montana Workers' Compensation Court. The Workers' Compensation Court Hearings Examiner's findings of fact and conclusions of law stated that Mr. Nave's (Nave) suicide was not causally related to his on-the-job injury and denied appellant's request for attorney's fees and a twenty percent penalty award. We affirm.

We review the following dispositive issue: Whether...

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