Occupational Disease: Applicable law
| Hardgrove v. Transportation Ins. Co. [12/01/04] 2004 MT 340 (No. 03-678) The law in effect on an employee’s last day of work governs the resolution of an ODA claim. |
| Bouldin v. Liberty Northwest Ins. Co. [3/4/97] 1997 MTWCC 8 Where claimant’s right to compensation accrued at the time she filed her occupational disease claim, the law in effect at that time controls. This is consistent with the general rule in workers’ compensation cases that the law in effect at the time of injury controls the case. |