Woman with dementia awarded $34 million over insurance coverage 
Published: April 12, 2012
Tags: dementia, health insurance, mental health, Montana
A 90-year-old woman residing in an assisted-living facility in Billings, Mont. has won a $34.2 million judgment against her Omaha, Neb.-based insurance company for suspending payments for her dementia care.
Former employee settles wrongful discharge case
Published: February 13, 2012
Tags: Montana, wrongful discharge
An attorney for the city of Bozeman, Mont. says the former executive assistant to the city manager has agreed to settle her wrongful discharge lawsuit for $20,000.
Trooper not at fault in teen’s death
Published: November 4, 2011
Tags: Montana, police, police shooting, state trooper, wrongful death
A 12-person jury has unanimously found the state of Montana and Highway Patrol Trooper Jason Wickum not negligent in the shooting death of a 13-year-old boy.
Montana asbestos case settled for $47 million
Published: September 19, 2011
Tags: asbestos, exposure, mining, Montana
The state of Montana will pay $43 million to settle claims brought by 1,128 people sickened by exposure to asbestos from a mine at Libby, court papers show.
Jury awards $2 million in injury lawsuit against railroad
Published: August 31, 2011
Tags: back injury, Montana, railroad, train
A jury has awarded a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway employee $2 million in a lawsuit over a 2001 back injury that required surgery and causes chronic pain.
Mom files lawsuit in child suicide
Published: June 20, 2011
Tags: failure to prevent, high school, Montana, suicide
The mother of a teenager who killed himself last year during a rash of child suicides on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation has filed a lawsuit against the school district and the state of Montana.
Clinic and physician hit with $1.7 million medical negligence verdict
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: February 22, 2011
Tags: medical malpractice, medical negligence, Montana
A Billings, Mont. widow and her four children have been awarded a $1.7 million verdict in a medical malpractice case involving Billings Clinic and Dr. Faranak Argani, an internal medicine physician.
Radiologist reaches $4 million settlement with hospital
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: November 10, 2010
Tags: breach of contract, hospital, Montana
A radiologist has won a $4 million settlement in his three-year legal fight against the Butte, Mont. hospital.
Housing authority settles lawsuit for $250K
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: July 12, 2010
Tags: Montana, retaliation, wrongful termination
The former director of the Helena, Mont. Housing Authority has agreed to a $250,000 settlement in her wrongful termination lawsuit.
Nursing homes, family settle wrongful death suit
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: March 12, 2010
Tags: abuse, Montana, nursing homes
A Missoula, Mont. family and two nursing homes have settled a wrongful death lawsuit that claimed adequate health care was not provided to an elderly man who died of a blood infection.
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