LIBERTY NORTHWEST INSURANCE CORPORATION v. STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND

No. 97-691.

962 P.2d 1167 (1998)

1998 MT 169

LIBERTY NORTHWEST INSURANCE CORPORATION, Appellant/Insurer for, BRAND S LUMBER, Employer, v. STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided July 8, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry W. Jones, Missoula, for Appellant/Insurer.

Laurence A. Hubbard, State Compensation Insurance Fund, Helena, for Respondent.


NELSON, Justice.

¶ 1 This is an appeal by Liberty Northwest Insurance Corporation (Liberty) from the October 1, 1997 order of the Workers' Compensation Court dismissing for lack of subject matter jurisdiction Liberty's petition filed against the State Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund). We affirm.

Background

¶ 2 On August 25, 1997, Liberty filed in the Workers' Compensation Court a Petition for Hearing naming the State Fund as the...

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