Howard Toole Law Blog

    Over the last three decades the U.S. Constitution has furnished the rationale for decision in a growing group of workers' compensation cases in Montana.  Workers' compensation benefits have been fine-tuned to the requirements of the Constitution's equal protection and due process clauses.

    Constitutional litigation from the worker's perspective has resulted in 1) improvements to benefits for persons suffering from occupational diseases, 2)... Read More

                  Remington Arms Co. has been manufacturing the model 700 series rifle for more than half a century.  It has caused a number of injuries and deaths from inadvertent firing.  Despite this, for the last fifty years it has been the most popular mainstream hunting rifle in the United States.

                 ;  As these rifles... Read More

    In negligence cases (car accidents, slip and falls, and most injury
cases), a Montana jury compares the carelessness of the defendant
against the claimed negligence of the plaintiff, and the plaintiff has
no recovery if the share of his/her negligence exceeds that of the
defendant(s).



    In some cases, more than one defendant is negligent.  The state may
negligently design a section of road,... Read More

Description of workers compensation benefits types available to injured workers in Montana.... Read More

A brief discussion of Montana law on auto liability insurance and uninsured and underinsured motorist and medical payments coverage.... Read More