All the headlines from our Montana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 22 2014 // That rain on the plain that saturated Montana’s malt barley crop in late August could be tears in the beer of American brewers in 2015.Heavy late-August rains have damaged crops in the nation’s largest...
Sep 16 2014 // The round hay bales in the Saco flats have turned dark with mud and mildew.The high-water mark rises halfway up these slumping, soggy bales – thousands of which dot the fields along U.S. Highway 12 – bearing the ruin...
Sep 12 2014 // Leavitt Great West Insurance Services has hired Gwen Schiff to coordinate the stop loss procurement, placement, and claims oversight for partially self-funded clients. Schiff has 30 years in the insurance industry with an...
Sep 10 2014 // That rain on the plain that saturated Montana’s malt barley crop in late August could be tears in the beer of American brewers in 2015.Heavy late-August rains have damaged crops in the nation’s largest...
Sep 8 2014 // Montana Gov. Steve Bullock has issued a disaster declaration for three counties, the town of Ekalaka and the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation after severe weather damaged property and infrastructure.Officials from the...
Sep 8 2014 // When an insurance agent is sued for professional negligence, a question arises as to whether the breach of the agent’s duty of care requires the testimony of another insurance agent or broker who testifies that the...
Aug 28 2014 // Brian Macy, Brett Fellows and Wendy Schermerhorn have joined joined Leavitt Great West Insurance Services in Billings, Mont.Macy will focus on commercial insurance for the oil, gas and hospitality industries. Fellows is an...
Aug 26 2014 // Leavitt Great West Insurance Services has named Kristina Murphy as a commercial account manager in the Choteau, Mont. office. Her experience in the industry started with personal insurance, and she has worked in offices in...
Jul 21 2014 // Arizona and Montana stand out as the only states without some form of texting and driving law, but some studies show there’s no evidence that laws intended to curb cellphone use behind the wheel reduce...
Jul 14 2014 // Arizona and Montana stand out as the only states without some form of texting and driving law, but some studies show there’s no evidence that laws intended to curb cellphone use behind the wheel reduce...
May 15 2014 // A Montana jury has ordered Hyundai to pay $240 million in punitive damages after finding that a manufacturing defect in a Hyundai vehicle caused a crash that killed two Missoula cousins in July 2011. Lake County jurors...
May 5 2014 // BNSF Railway has settled a lawsuit filed by landowners living near a former railroad tie treatment plant near Somers, Mont.BNSF spokesman Matt Jones told the Flathead Beacon the settlement reached last month calls for the...
May 5 2014 // An office supply company is asking the Montana Supreme Court to rule that the state’s cap on punitive damage awards is unconstitutional.The constitutional challenge comes after a Butte-Silver Bow district judge...
Apr 21 2014 // An office supply company is asking the Montana Supreme Court to rule that the state’s cap on punitive damage awards is unconstitutional.The constitutional challenge comes after a Butte-Silver Bow district judge...
Apr 16 2014 // Gov. Steve Bullock is asking President Barack Obama to issue a federal disaster declaration for Montana due to widespread flooding and ice jams last month.Bullock’s letter, dated Friday, explains that unusually high...
Apr 10 2014 // U.S. Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) has been named the Gerald Solomon-IIABA Legislator of the Year for 2013 by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”).The award was presented Tuesday...
Apr 2 2014 // Federal Emergency Management Agency teams have come to Montana to begin assessing damage from flooding.Ed Tinsley, of Montana Disaster and Emergency Services, told the Independent Record that the teams will be looking at...
Mar 11 2014 // Another couple contending their property is on an active landslide has filed a lawsuit against the owners of a private ski resort and golf community in southwestern Montana.The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reportedthat Thomas...
Mar 6 2014 // Kevin Lundstrom has joined Leavitt Great West Insurance Services in Montana. Lundstrom has experience in the health care industry. He specializes in providing employee healthcare benefit solutions and will be focusing on...
Mar 5 2014 // A former Gallatin County, Mont. sheriff’s deputy who faces trial in May on charges that he mistreated a prisoner three years ago is suing the county claiming he did not receive adequate treatment for job-related...