All the headlines from our Montana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 5 2020 // Montana has filed a lawsuit against the two leading drug distributors in the state, saying they failed to monitor and report excessive opioid shipments to Montana pharmacies, worsening the opioid epidemic.Attorney General...
Jan 31 2020 // A Montana man wounded in an officer-involved shooting has filed a lawsuit against the Yellowstone County sheriff’s department.Travis Tolan of Lockwood is alleging negligence, assault and battery and a broader claim...
Jan 29 2020 // R&Q is pleased to announce it has acquired the Montana captive insurer, Vigneron Insurance Company Inc. from a wholly owned private investment holding company. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. VICI underwrote...
Dec 4 2019 // U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared inclined to shield a unit of British oil major BP Plc from claims seeking a more extensive cleanup of a Superfund hazardous waste site in Montana than what federal...
Nov 19 2019 // Employers in Montana reported a total of 14,100 workplace injuries and illnesses in 2018, with 11,900 of those injuries in the private industry. Of those private industry injuries and illnesses, 5,700 were serious enough...
Nov 4 2019 // Five Montana hospitals are settling a lawsuit that claimed they made a deal with an insurer to inflate employee health coverage prices in return for $26 million.The hospitals, which deny wrongdoing, agreed to pay $6.9...
Oct 25 2019 // Montana hospital officials have confirmed a data breach may have compromised the personal information of about 130,000 medical clinic patients.The Daily Inter Lake reported that Kalispell Regional Healthcare employees were...
Oct 9 2019 // Hobson Insurance in Hobson Mont. has named Jolene Martin a customer service specialist in commercial lines and Beth Vincent a personal lines agent.Martin handles licensing for the agency in 48 states. Vincent assists...
Sep 18 2019 // The Montana State Fund board of directors has declared a $30 million dividend to be paid to its safest policyholders.The Great Falls Tribune reports that the Montana State Fund is the state’s largest workers’...
Sep 10 2019 // Reliance Global Group Inc. has completed its acquisition of Bingham Farms, Michigan-based Altruis Benefit Consulting.The acquisition follows a letter of intent between the parties as previously announced on May 8, 2019....
Sep 10 2019 // Reliance Global Group Inc. has transferred into RELI both Southwestern Montana Insurance, as well as Fortman Insurance Agency LLC in Ohio.As previously announced in April and May, Southwestern Montana Insurance and Fortman...
Aug 14 2019 // Some Montana residents are cleaning up after a series of weekend thunderstorms that brought large hail, heavy rain and strong winds that downed trees and power lines and damaged buildings and vehicles. The National Weather...
Jul 29 2019 // A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official says a Montana area emitting toxic vapors is a candidate to become a federal Superfund site.The Billings Gazette reports contaminants from old dry cleaning solvents are...
Jul 17 2019 // The publisher of a neo-Nazi website should have to pay the victim of an internet trolling campaign over $14 million and remove all posts that encouraged his readers to contact the Montana real estate agent, a magistrate...
Jun 11 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court bolstered its next term with three new business cases, agreeing to consider curbing lawsuits over environmental cleanups, employee retirement plans and allegations of racial bias.The justices said...
Jun 10 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to a hear a bid by a unit of British oil major BP to avoid a lawsuit by private landowners in Montana seeking to force the company to pay for a more extensive cleanup of a Superfund...
Jun 6 2019 // A judge has approved an agreement for Exxon Mobil Corp. to pay $1.05 million to settle federal pollution violations over a 2011 pipeline break that sent oil into Montana’s Yellowstone River.U.S. District Judge Susan...
May 1 2019 // A federal judge has ordered BNSF Railway to pay an additional $1 million after reaffirming a $2.1 million jury award in a Montana man’s wrongful termination lawsuit.The Flathead Beacon reported that Judge Dana...
May 1 2019 // Exxon Mobil Corp. agreed to pay a $1.05 million penalty to settle alleged federal water pollution violations from an oil pipeline break into Montana’s Yellowstone River, according to court documents filed...
Apr 22 2019 // Montana Gov. Steve Bullock has signed a bill to make it easier for firefighters to receive workers’ compensation for cancer and other occupational diseases.The bill signing ends a 20-year fight for...