Benefits: Travel Expenses
Arneson
v. Travelers Property Casualty [02/28/06] 2006 MTWC 7 Petitioner
argued that in addition to reimbursement for travel expenses at the
state rate, Respondent should pay for repairs to Petitioner’s
car, including oil changes and a new windshield, which were necessary
for his travel. The Court determined that the applicable statute allows
only for reimbursement at the same rates as allowed for state employees,
and Petitioner provided no evidence that state employees can claim such
repairs as travel expenses. |
Arneson
v. Travelers Property Casualty [02/28/06] 2006 MTWC 7 Petitioner,
relying on ARM 24.29.1409(1)(d), argued that in addition to reimbursement
for travel expenses at the state rate, Respondent should pay for repairs
to Petitioner’s car, including oil changes and a new windshield,
which were necessary for his travel. The Court determined that the examples
of reimbursable expenses listed in the subpart of the ARM upon which
Petitioner relied were dissimilar to the expenses Petitioner desired
to claim under its auspices. |
| Burnside Lund v. St. Paul's [1/14/03] 2003 MTWCC 2 Under the 1997 version of the Workers' Compensation Act, travel for medical care is reimbursed only if the travel is at the behest of the insurer, thus, travel for regular treatment is not reimbursable. § 39-71-704(1)(d), MCA (1997). |