Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 72-604 (2026)
Failure to report tolls employee limitations.
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Failure to report tolls employee limitations.
When the employer has knowledge of an occupational disease, injury, or death and willfully fails or refuses to file the report as required by section 72-602(1), Idaho Code, the notice of change of status required by section 72-806, Idaho Code, the limitations prescribed in section 72-701 and section 72-706, Idaho Code, shall not run against the claim of any person seeking compensation until such report or notice shall have been filed.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11
cases, 1951–2019 · leading case: Bainbridge v. Boise Cascade Plywood Mill, 721 P.2d 179 (Idaho 1986).
Bainbridge v. Boise Cascade Plywood Mill, 721 P.2d 179 (Idaho 1986). “Claimant's argument is based on her proposed interpretation of I.C. § 72-604. That section states: "72-604.”
Austin v. Bio Tech Nutrients, 443 P.3d 262 (Idaho 2019). “Therefore, we specifically conclude that Defendants' failure was willful as anticipated by Idaho Code § 72-604 . The Commission's conclusion accords with how this Court has interpreted "willfully" in the context of worker's compensation law.”
Petry v. Spaulding Drywall, 788 P.2d 197 (Idaho 1990). “§ 72-701 would not bar Petry's delayed claim for benefits under the terms of I.C. § 72-604 if the employer had knowledge of the injury and willfully failed to file a report as required by I.”
Gibson v. Ada Cnty. Sheriff's Off., 211 P.3d 100 (Idaho 2009). “The Commission adopted the Referee’s finding that Gibson failed to provide Ada County with timely written notice of her accident as required by I.”
Scott v. Aslett Constr. Co., 452 P.2d 61 (Idaho 1968). “Subtracting the permanent partial disability compensation previously awarded of 25% equivalent loss of one leg at the hip, the net modification award amounted to 35% equivalent loss of one leg at the hip, which allowed compensation for 63 weeks at $30.”
Tonahill v. Legrand Johnson Constr. Co., 963 P.2d 1174 (Idaho 1998). “LeGrand, as the employer, is required under Idaho Code § 72-604 , to file a report when it has knowledge of an injury.”
Austin v. Bio Tech Nutrients (Idaho 2019). “” I.C. § 72-604. Section 72-806 pertains to the NOCS requirements and provides: A workman shall receive written notice within fifteen (15) days of any change of status or condition including, but not limited to, the denial, reduction or cessation of medical and/or monetary…”
Duerock v. Acarregui, 390 P.2d 55 (Idaho 1964). “You just don’t toss off forty years. “Q I can understand that, Mrs.”
Clark v. Bogus Basin Recreational Ass'n, 435 P.2d 256 (Idaho 1967). “*919 First, appellant contends that the Board is required, as a matter of law, to make specific findings of fact under a clearly marked heading, citing I.C. § 72-604. Appellant would have been more accurate were he to have cited the provisions of I.”
Egus v. Triumph Min. Co., 232 P.2d 136 (Idaho 1951). “Appellant contends that the board erred in setting the hearing in Ada County *358 for the reason that Section 72-604, I.C., requires' that the hearing be held within the county where the accident occurred.”
Myers v. Qwest, 160 P.3d 437 (Idaho 2007). “I.C. § 72-604. The legislature has not provided that the statute of limitations set forth in Idaho Code § 72-448 is tolled by the employer’s failure to inform its employees of the requirements of that section.”
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