Empire Steel Mfg. Co. v. Carlson

Claimant Cadwell was awarded permanent partial disability benefits by the Montana Workers Compensation Court. We are asked to Page 424 decide if attorney fees awarded to this successful Workers Compensation claimant whose injury occurred in 1981 should be based on standards in effect on the date of the injury or on the standards adopted in 1985 and set forth in Section 39-71-614, MCA.