Lee v. Industrial Commission

¶ 21 Claimant was employed as a registered nurse by Banner Health System. Banner is self-insured for purposes of its short-term disability and workers’ compensation insurance coverage. If an employee is injured on the job and, as in this case, Banner denies the employee’s worker’s compensation claim, the employee may apply for and, if eligible, obtain short-term disability benefits. If the denial of the worker’s compensation claim is later determined to be error, as occurred here, the worker’s compensation fund reimburses the short-term disability fund.

¶ 22 The majority holds that because…