Edwards v. Industrial Commission of the State

SILAK, Justice.

The Treasurer of the State of Idaho filed a petition for writ of mandamus requesting the Supreme Court to order the Industrial Commission to require the State Insurance Fund to make a security deposit with the Treasurer pursuant to Idaho Code Section 72-301(2). We hereby grant the petition.

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FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In July 1996, the law firm of Kelso & Irwin, P.A, filed a petition for declaratory ruling with the Industrial Commission (Commission) seeking a determination that I.C. § 72-301 applies to the State Insurance Fund (SIF). I.C. § 72-301(2) provides that the…