( July 14, 2025, 11:36 AM EDT) -- GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Claims alleged against an insurer of the state of Montana by mine workers who were exposed to asbestos cannot proceed because the mine workers are judicially estopped from bringing the claims against the insurer because they admitted in the underlying suit against the state that the insurer had a reasonable basis to deny coverage, a Montana federal magistrate judge said in granting the insurer’s motion to dismiss....