Mine workers’ asbestos suit against insurer advanced by Montana high court Friday, March 27, 2020

Courthouse News Service

The Montana Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a workers compensation insurer is liable for damage claims from people who worked at the W.R. Grace vermiculite plant in Libby, Montana.

Vermiculite is a silicate mineral that occurs naturally in asbestos-laden rock on Vermiculite Mountain near Libby. Thousands of W.R. Grace workers and their families since the 1960s have been injured or have died from lung disease related to working at or living near the W.R. Grace vermiculite mine, which closed in the 1990s.

Maryland Casualty Company provided Grace with workers compensation insurance coverage from 1963 to 1973. 

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Read the court's opinion at: https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/MarylandCasualtyAsbestos-MontSC.pdf