Red Lion Motor Inn-Riverside v. Industrial Sp. Indem. Fund

BAKES, Chief Justice.

Appellants Red Lion Motor Inn-Riverside and Birmingham Fire Insurance Co. appeal from an order of the Idaho Industrial Commission dismissing the Idaho Industrial Special Indemnity Fund (I.S.I.F.) as a party defendant. The Commission found that the claimant, Katherine Huffaker, was totally and permanently disabled for work, but that she did not have a pre-existing permanent physical impairment which would trigger the liability of the I.S.I.F., and therefore the entire liability was imposed on the employer and its surety.

On September 9, 1985, claimant Katherine Huffaker…