SATTERLEE v. LUMBERMAN'S MUT. CAS. CO.

No. DA 08-0307.

222 P.3d 566 (2009)

2009 MT 368

353 Mont. 265

Catherine SATTERLEE, Petitioner and Appellant, v. LUMBERMAN'S MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY, Insurer for Buttrey Food & Drug, Employer and Appellee. James Zenahlik, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Montana State Fund, Insurer for Eagle Electric, Employer and Appellee. Joseph Foster, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Montana State Fund, Insurer for Allen Electric, Employer and Appellee.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Submitted June 16, 2009.

Decided November 3, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellants: James G. Hunt (argued); Hunt Law Firm; Helena, Montana, Thomas J. Murphy (argued); Murphy Law Firm; Great Falls, Montana.

For Appellees: Michael P. Heringer, Jon A. Wilson; Brown Law Firm, P.C.; Billings, Montana (for Lumberman's Mutual Casualty Company), Steven W. Jennings; Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Dietrich, PLLP; Billings, Montana (for Intervening Insurers), Bradley J. Luck (argued); Garlington, Lohn, & Robinson, PLLP; Missoula, Montana (for Montana State Fund), Oliver H. Goe; Browning, Kaleczyc, Berry, & Hoven; Helena, Montana (for Montana Municipal Insurance Authority, Montana Association of Counties and Montana Schools Group Insurance Authority).

For Amici Curiae: Jon. W. Bennion; Attorney at Law; Helena, Montana (for Montana Chamber of Commerce, Montana Contractors' Association, Inc., and the National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center).


Justice W. WILLIAM LEAPHART delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 Appellant Satterlee appeals from the Montana Workers' Compensation Court's (WCC) November 15, 2006 "Order Denying Petitioners' Motion to Allow Discovery and Granting Respondents' Cross-Motion for Partial Summary Judgment" and the WCC's June 4, 2008 "Order Granting Respondent Montana State Fund's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment."

¶ 2 We consider the following issues on appeal...

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