Horne v. State Industrial Insurance System

*533OPINION

By the Court,

Young, J.:

On January 5, 1991, appellant Donna Horne (“Horne”) was physically attacked by a man while she was employed as a security guard. She sustained injuries, and respondent State Industrial Insurance System (“SIIS”) accepted her claim and paid her worker’s compensation benefits.

In August 1991, Horne had what appeared to be an extreme attack of asthma for which she was hospitalized. She later went to a doctor who diagnosed her with a newly discovered disorder called Paradoxical Vocal Cord Dysfunction (“PVCD”). He believed this disorder resulted from her January 5, 1991…