Case Name: Marigay CONE, Claimant-Appellant, v. CLEARWATER VALLEY HOSPITAL, Employer, and Argonaut-Northwest Insurance Company, Surety, Defendants-Respondents
Court: Idaho Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Idaho
Decision Date: 1985-11-07
Citations: 109 Idaho 655
Docket Number: No. 15767
Parties: Marigay CONE, Claimant-Appellant, v. CLEARWATER VALLEY HOSPITAL, Employer, and Argonaut-Northwest Insurance Company, Surety, Defendants-Respondents.
Judges: DONALDSON, C.J., and SHEPARD, BAKES and BISTLINE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Idaho Reports
Volume: 109
Pages: 655–655

Head Matter:
710 P.2d 565
Marigay CONE, Claimant-Appellant, v. CLEARWATER VALLEY HOSPITAL, Employer, and Argonaut-Northwest Insurance Company, Surety, Defendants-Respondents.
No. 15767.
Supreme Court of Idaho.
Nov. 7, 1985.
Robert E. Kinney, Orofino, for claimant-appellant.
John W. Barrett, Boise, for defendants-respondents.

Opinion:
HUNTLEY, Justice.
Marigay Cone appeals from the Industrial Commission's denial of her claim for Worker's Compensation benefits and challenges its finding that her bulging disc at the L4-5 level of her spine was not caused by an accident occurring during the course and scope of her employment as a floor nurse at Clearwater Valley Hospital.
The Commission found that "[T]he bulging disc is most likely caused by Claimant's preexisting [degenerative disc disease] condition." Where contested findings of the Industrial Commission are supported by substantial, competent evidence, those findings will not be disturbed on appeal. I.C. § 72-732(1); In re Chavez, 104 Idaho 279, 281, 658 P.2d 950, 952 (1983); Case of Graham, 103 Idaho 824, 826, 654 P.2d 1377, 1379 (1982). Here, the Commission's finding is supported by substantial competent evidence. Therefore we affirm its Order denying Ms. Cone compensation benefits.
Costs to the respondent. No attorney fees awarded.
DONALDSON, C.J., and SHEPARD, BAKES and BISTLINE, JJ., concur.