By Fred J. Lewis La ley ha cambiado. Los trabajadores lesionados indocumentados ahora pueden obtener los beneficios discapacidad que se les pagan. There has been a big change in Idaho law. Idaho workers’ compensation insurance companies now have to pay undocumented workers all benefits available under the Idaho Workers’ Compensation…
By: Fred J Lewis Idaho Worker’s Compensation cases are controlled by the Idaho Worker’s Compensation Act which is contained in the Idaho Code. Idaho Worker’s Compensation Claims are 100% statutory creatures. These claims were created 100 years ago by the Idaho Legislator. Injured workers were no longer required to prove…
By: Fred J Lewis On January 27, 2017, the Idaho Industrial Commission held in Donald AIcher v The Idaho Industrial Special Indemnity Fund that the ISIF slipped the hook and avoided liability on yet another Total and Permanent Disability claim. The Commissioners rejected Referee Taylor’s decision and entered their own…
By: Fred J. Lewis On July 20, 2016 the Idaho Industrial Commission filed their Finding of Fact Concussions of Law and Order in Funke v Atkison Logging Company Inc. and Liberty Northwest Insurance. In this case the Claimant suffered a compensable accident which resulted in Total Permanent Disability. It left…
By Fred Lewis It’s astounding to realize: a new report from MSNBC revealed that more Americans died as a result of workplace accidents in 2009 alone, than during the entire course of the nine-year Iraq War. The number of people killed on the job in the United States in 2009…
By Fred J. Lewis On December 8, 2016, the Idaho Industrial Commission filed its findings of fact, conclusions of law and order in the Wilson v. Burts Manufacture and Sales and the Idaho State Insurance Fund case. In this case, the claimant had multiple injuries and was not getting better.…
By Fred J. Lewis On December 9, 2016, Referee Michael E. Powers submitted his decision in Walker v. Clear Springs Food Company and Liberty Northwest Insurance Corporation. The claimant in this case suffered an accident on May 25, 2004. The first hearing in this case was held on January 25,…
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.…
By Fred J. Lewis Idaho Code §72-602 requires that employers complete and file a first report of injury form no later than ten days from the date of the injury. It is actually a criminal act for your employer to refuse to file this form. However, before your employer is…
By Fred J. Lewis Many people who are hurt on the job in Idaho find it very frustrating that the Idaho Workers’ Compensation insurance company can send them to doctors that they choose. These so called independent medical evaluations requested by your Idaho Workers’ Compensation insurance company can happen more…