Fenich v. Boise Elks Lodge No. 310

BISTLINE, Justice.

Edna Fenich (claimant) was working as a bartender for the Boise Elks Lodge (employer) on November 10, 1977. On kicking shut a stubborn beer cooler door, she twisted her back. On August 16, 1978, a panel of three doctors rated her medical impairment at five percent attributable to the 1977 accident. In a letter to the employer’s surety (Argonaut), dated December 11, 1978, her attending physician disagreed with the panel’s rating and gave her at least a fifteen percent medical impairment rating.

In January of 1979, claimant, apparently not being represented by an attorney,…