Combes v. State of Idaho, Industrial Special Indemnity Fund

MeDEVITT, Justice.

This is an appeal by the State of Idaho, Industrial Special Indemnity Fund (ISIF), of an Industrial Commission (Commission) decision holding ISIF liable for an apportionment of Robert R. Combes’s (Claimant) worker’s compensation benefits after the Commission determined that Claimant had sustained an industrial accident.

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FACTS AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

Claimant was raised on a farm. While working on the farm as a teenager Claimant had runny eyes and coughing episodes. Claimant had been a smoker most of his adult life, until 1991. After the 12th grade, Claimant went into…