Benefits: Medical Benefits: Mileage

Miller v. State Fund [5/14/01] 2001 MTWCC 21. Claimant is not entitled to a yearly pre-travel lump-sum payment of mileage.

Petry v. National Union Fire Ins. [8/28/00] 2000 MTWCC 52 Mileage Unlike subsequent statutes, section 39-71-704(1), MCA (1987) does not expressly require compensation for travel expenses. Consistent with prior decisions of the WCC, the statute is interpreted to require reimbursement for out-of-town travel, but not for in-town mileage.