Corgatelli v. Steel West, Inc.

WALTERS, J., pro tern.

Gary R. Corgatelli sought worker’s compensation benefits from his employer Steel West and the State of Idaho’s Industrial Special Indemnity Fund (ISIF) for a 2005 back injury that he incurred as a result of his employment. The Idaho Industrial Commission (the Commission) concluded that Corgatelli had a permanent physical impairment of 15% of the whole person, attributing 5% to an earlier injury in 1994 and 10% to the 2005 *289injury, and that Corgatelli was totally and permanently disabled. The Commission further concluded that ISIF was liable for disability benefits because…