Hayden Lake Fire Protection District v. Alcorn

SCHROEDER, Chief Justice.

The Idaho State Insurance Fund, et al. (SIF) appeals the district court’s denial of certain discretionary costs and attorney fees generated in defending a class action suit brought by Hayden Lake Fire Protection District and Kelso & Irwin, P.A. (HLFPD). HLFPD brought a class action suit against the SIF for various claims relating to the SIF’s surplus and real estate investments. That case was appealed to this Court and decided concurrently with this case.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The SIF is a public entity created by Idaho statute which sells workers’…