Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 72-101 (2026)
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(1) This law may be cited as the worker’s compensation law.
(2) Wherever in title 72, Idaho Code, references appear to the term workmen’s compensation this shall be deemed to mean worker’s compensation.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 46
cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1949–2026 · leading case: Tucker v. Union Oil Co. of California, 603 P.2d 156 (Idaho 1979).
Tucker v. Union Oil Co. of California, 603 P.2d 156 (Idaho 1979). “Thereafter, Collier Carbon moved that the judgment be amended by reducing the amount thereof in the sum of the workmen's compensation benefits received by Tucker. That motion was denied, as were other post-trial and post-judgment motions.”
Paulson v. Idaho Forest Indus., Inc., 591 P.2d 143 (Idaho 1979). “, and Workmen's Compensation Exchange to provide claimant respondent Kenneth Paulson with medical treatment for his mental condition and to pay Paulson income benefits for temporary total disability.”
Burns v. Nyberg, 697 P.2d 1165 (Idaho 1985). “, and SHEPARD and BAKES, J.J., concur. BISTLINE, Justice, dissenting.”
Bainbridge v. Boise Cascade Plywood Mill, 721 P.2d 179 (Idaho 1986). “§§ 72-701 and 72-706 are general limitations sections, applicable to both accidents and occupational diseases.”
Arreola v. Scentsy, Inc., 531 P.3d 1148 (Idaho 2023). “When the relevant provisions under the Law are read in context as a whole, it plainly does not empower or authorize an employer or surety to unilaterally invoke and execute the enforcement mechanisms in Idaho Code section 72-434 without first obtaining an order from the…”
Christensen v. West, 437 P.2d 359 (Idaho 1968). “[6] See I.C. § 72-101; Idaho Sess. Laws 1917, ch.”
In Re Almgren, 384 B.R. 12 (Bankr. D. Idaho 2007). “The language of that statute is even more specific, restricting its application to benefits “under this chapter.”
Ogden v. Thompson, 910 P.2d 759 (Idaho 1996). “The Commission held a hearing on May 18, 1994, and denied Ogden’s claim for worker’s compensation benefits concluding that “[t]he evidence fails to establish that [Ogden] suffered an injury caused by an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment, nor does the…”
Goodson v. LW Hult Produce Co., 543 P.2d 167 (Idaho 1975). “[5] Thus Goodson is not covered because he was an employee principally engaged in an agricultural pursuit, an exempt business, because at the time of the accident he was performing a task incidental to the exempt employment.”
Corgatelli v. Steel West, Inc., 335 P.3d 1150 (Idaho 2014). “There is no statutory basis in worker’s compensation law to credit the employer for permanent physical impairment benefits paid to the employee before the award of total and permanent disability benefits.”
State, Dep't of Health & Welfare Ex Rel. Lisby v. Lisby, 890 P.2d 727 (Idaho 1995). “Excepted from the exemption rule are claims for the enforcement of a support order under Idaho Code Title 7, Chapter 12. Id. Title 7, Chapter 12 of the Idaho Code sets forth the remedies available to the Department for the enforcement of child support orders.”
Dominguez Ex Rel. Hamp v. Elias (In Re Elias), 302 B.R. 900 (Bankr. D. Idaho 2003). “By that time, the Idaho Industrial Commission had made an award to Plaintiff under Idaho’s Worker Compensation Law, Idaho Code § 72-101 et seq. While the Worker Compensation Law is generally intended to provide the exclusive remedy for an injured worker, see Idaho Code §§ 72-211…”
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