Koester v. State Ins. Fund

SILAK, Justice.

Debi Koester sought worker’s compensation benefits for two separate injuries: the first was Lyme disease from an alleged tick bite, and the second was a back injury from a fall, both of which she claimed occurred during the course of her employment as a homemaker for the State of Idaho Community Action Program (Action), who carried workers’ compensation insurance through the State Insurance Fund (State Fund). Koester appeals from the Industrial Commission’s order adopting the findings and conclusions made by a Commission referee that State Fund was not liable for the injury…