The Idaho Supreme Court overturned the Industrial Commission’s finding that the state Industrial Special Indemnity Fund was not liable for the payment of benefits to a worker whose pre-existing impairments had combined with an occupational injury to cause permanent and total disability.
Case: Aguilar v. State Industrial Special Indemnity Fund, No. 45581, 03/14/2019, published.
Facts and procedural history: Arturo Aguilar is a citizen of Mexico who has resided in the United States since approximately 1986. He speaks limited English and has a 5th-grade education.
Aguilar did manual labo...
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