( August 22, 2019, 10:38 PM EDT) -- HELENA, Mont. — A Montana judge on Aug. 16 entered judgment in favor of the state of Montana and ordered an insurer to pay almost $98 million in defenses and settlement costs for underlying asbestos claims filed against the state as a result of the state’s mining operations (National Indemnity Co. v. Montana, No. XDDV-2012-140, Mont. Dist., Lewis and Clark Co.)....