A Montana judge has invalidated Helena’s 2008 fire ordinance restricting exposed wood building materials and requiring fire-resistant roofs on new or extensively renovated buildings. The Independent Record reports in a story on Sunday that District Judge Kathy Seeley made the …
A Montana couple is appealing a judge’s dismissal of their lawsuit against gun manufacturer Remington claiming a 1989 shooting that left a man paralyzed was caused by a defect in a rifle. U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull ruled on April …
The family of Montana resident claims the injuries he suffered in the care of Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center led to his death. The family of Vernon Bergman is suing the Idaho Falls hospital for $2.5 million. The federal lawsuit …
Authorities in northwest Montana say a recreational vehicle dragging a piece of metal sparked seven grass fires that drew seven firefighting agencies and two law enforcement agencies. The Daily Inter Lake reports that the grass fires started about 5:30 p.m. …
A Missoula, Mont., man who police say broke into a neighbor’s house to steal prescription drugs and was caught trying to break in a second time a few days later has been charged with felony burglary and attempted burglary. The …
A man who owns a small gold mine just south of Helena, Mont., has been ordered to repair property damage and pay attorneys’ fees to his neighbors who sued over damage to a 30-foot buffer zone between the man’s open …
Internal investigators faulted the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday for years of delays in completing health studies needed to guide the cleanup of a Montana mining town where hundreds of people have died from asbestos exposure. The EPA’s Office of …
The family of a 77-year-old Korean War veteran with Alzheimer’s disease who the family says died from injuries sustained when shocked by a police stun gun after wondering away from the Montana Veterans Home has filed a lawsuit. The Independent …
A state judge says lawyers for victims of asbestos exposure in a contaminated Montana town are entitled to more than $4 million in fees and expenses out of a $19.6 million settlement with chemical manufacturer W.R. Grace and Co. State …
A Hutterite colony is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up their challenge of a Montana workers’ compensation law that targets the religious group. The Big Sky Colony in northwestern Montana filed a petition with the high court on …