Libby Mine News Today

DEQ will accept public comment on the draft documents until April 23.

A Montana attorney who helped win a $36.5 million jury verdict for a worker exposed to asbestos at the Libby Mine is asking a federal court to void a

A Montana jury ruled against Maryland Casualty Company and awarded compensatory and punitive damages to former miner Ralph Hutt in the bellwether case.

In this final post in the Blog’s Landmark Montana Supreme Court Decision Series, we discuss the court’s ruling on the known loss doctrine and its…

We discuss discusses the Montana Supreme Court’s consideration of an insurer’s duty to defend in National Indemnity Co. v. State. This decision provides a reminder of the breadth of insurers’ duty to defend and the potential consequences of breaching that duty.

We discuss discusses the Montana Supreme Court’s consideration of an insurer’s duty to defend in National Indemnity Co. v. State. This decision provides a reminder of the breadth of insurers’ duty to defend and the potential consequences of breaching that duty.

On November 23, 2021, the Montana Supreme Court issued an almost unanimous decision in National Indemnity Company v. State of Montana, a ten-year-old coverage dispute arising from...

The Montana Supreme Court upheld all but one point in a ruling that requires Berkshire Hathaway's National Indemnity Co. to reimburse the state nearly $98