{"data":{"id":"us-mt/3-9-112","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"3-9-112","heading":"Increase in award for unreasonable delay or refusal to pay.","body":"(1) The workers' compensation judge may increase by 20% the full amount of benefits due a claimant during the period of delay or refusal to pay, when:\n(a) the insurer agrees to pay benefits but unreasonably delays or refuses to make the agreed-upon payments to the claimant; or\n(b) prior or subsequent to the issuance of an order by the workers' compensation judge granting a claimant benefits, the insurer unreasonably delays or refuses to make the payments.\n(2) The question of unreasonable delay or refusal shall be determined by the workers' compensation judge, and such a finding constitutes good cause to rescind, alter, or amend any order, decision, or award previously made in the cause for the purpose of making the increase provided herein.\n(3) A finding of unreasonableness under this section does not constitute a finding that the insurer acted in bad faith or violated the unfair trade practices provisions of Title 33, chapter 18.","path":["TITLE 3. JUDICIARY, COURTS","CHAPTER 9. WORKERS' COMPENSATION COURT","Part 1. Workers' Compensation Judge"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0030/chapter_0090/part_0010/section_0120/0030-0090-0010-0120.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:43:40Z","sha256":"dc822178155ce12cf94214b54a56f3968dfbb2333ba64285e8f4ae6309d19501","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/3-9-111","next":"us-mt/3-9-113"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}