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Sick mine workers allege insurer delaying medical payments
Maryland Casualty, W.R. Grace’s Workers Compensation Insurer who knew of worker disease and failed to inform these workers of the hazards of their employment, sold off their asbestos liability to an overseas investment company, Enstar. Under Montana law, if liability...
Jury awards $36.5 million verdict against insurance company in bellwether Libby asbestos case
After decades of litigation against W.R. Grace’s workers' compensation insurer, the largest verdict in the Libby Asbestos saga took place in February 2022. The strategy Hutt’s legal team employed was championed by Allan McGarvey, Dustin Leftridge, and Jinnifer...
Montana Plaintiffs Announce First Children’s Climate Trial in US History
McGarvey Law, in collaboration with Western Environmental Law Center and Our Children’s Trust, are representing young people in the youth-led constitutional climate lawsuit. On March 13, 2020, 16 young people from across the state of Montana filed their...
District Court Rejects County’s revision of Big Sky Cheese Permit Decision
McGarvey Law, led by Roger Sullivan and Dustin Leftridge, represented concerned neighbors challenging the County Commissioners' modifications of conditions on a special use permit for the development of the first stage of the Madison Food Park. Nearby landowners...
Attorney John Lacey Leads Whitefish Bulldogs to Third Undefeated Season
“Goals win games” - John Lacey We’re thrilled to announce that one of our own, attorney John Lacey, has led the Whitefish boys’ soccer team to its third undefeated season in as many years. The girls’ soccer team, which Lacey also coaches, came in second place...
County Planning Board Unanimously Strikes Down Rolling Acres Development
A month after McGarvey Law, through attorneys Roger Sullivan and Dustin Leftridge, helped lead a group of Flathead Valley Residents in challenging a large Kalispell subdivision, the Flathead County Planning Board denied to recommend the development. The development,...
McGarvey Law Files Suit Against Whitefish Care and Rehab Center
McGarvey Law, on behalf of families of patients who died of COVID-19 at Whitefish Care and Rehab Center, have filed a lawsuit in Flathead County. The lawsuit, filed on October 20th, 2020, alleges that negligent treatment of facility residents led to their suffering...
Montana Supreme Court Finds BNSF Is Not Shielded From Liability For Libby Asbestos Cases
The Montana Supreme Court recently entered a unanimous opinion in our cases against BNSF. The Montana Supreme Court affirmed the Asbestos Court by holding that “BNSF’s handling of asbestos under the facts presented here constitutes an abnormally dangerous activity for...