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Mont. High Court Upholds Limit On Workers’ Comp

Law360, New York (November 04, 2009) -- Montana’s highest court has come out in favor of a state law that lets insurers discontinue compensation payments to individuals left permanently disabled from a work-related injury by the time they are able to collect Social Security retirement benefits.

In a 5-2 decision, the Montana Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a challenge by several injured workers to the law’s constitutionality, determining that permanent total disability, or PTD, benefits are...

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