{"id":6063,"date":"2017-01-29T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2017-01-29T09:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=6063"},"modified":"2017-01-29T09:00:07","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T09:00:07","slug":"disability-inclusive-impairment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/disability-inclusive-impairment\/","title":{"rendered":"Disability is Inclusive of Impairment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/attorneys\/fred-j-lewis\">Fred J. Lewis<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">On November 23, 2016, the Idaho Industrial Commission decided to substitute their opinion for the findings of fact and conclusions of law authored by Referee Alan Taylor. The Commissioners felt compelled to do so because of the competing opinions of Terry Montague and Dr. Mary Barros-Bailey. Apparently the Commissioners believed that there was still some ambiguity over the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in <i>Corgatelli v. Steel West, Inc.<\/i> They included the following discussion:<\/p>\n<p><dir><\/dir><dir><\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The workers\u2019 compensation laws recognize a distinction between permanent impairment and permanent disability. Sund v. Gambrel, 127 Idaho 3, 896 P.2d 329 (1995); Corgatelli v. Steel West, Inc., 157 Idaho 287, 335 P.3d 1150 (2014). Quoting from Seiniger Law FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND ORDER &#8211; 25 Offices, P.A. v. State of Idaho ex rel Industrial Commission, 154 Idaho 461, 299 P.3d 773 (2013), the Corgatelli Court observed:<\/p>\n<p><\/dir><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/disability-inclusive-impairment\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Disability is Inclusive of Impairment\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Fred J. Lewis On November 23, 2016, the Idaho Industrial Commission decided to substitute their opinion for the findings of fact and conclusions of law authored by Referee Alan Taylor. The Commissioners felt compelled to do so because of the competing opinions of Terry Montague and Dr. Mary Barros-Bailey. 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