By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney It is unfortunate but true that landlords often aren’t familiar with their responsibilities when it comes to renting to families with children. Many times, landlords don’t even know that families with children enjoy a protected status under federal housing discrimination laws. In addition to the…
Studies conducted by the National Health Institute and other agencies show that accidents, particularly fatal accidents, increase during the time shifts for Daylight Savings Time (DST). On Sunday, November 6th, Idahoans will turn their clocks back one hour giving us all an extra hour of sleep. That is a good…
By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney Unless you have been living under a rock, it is common knowledge that the famed singer and songwriter who called himself Prince, died in April of 2016, at the age of 57. It is also well known that he died without a written Last Will…
A 63 year-old woman from Clayton, Idaho was killed on November 1, 2016 when her 1999 Subaru crossed the centerline of Highway 75 and struck a 2010 Kenworth pulling trailers hauling 10,000 gallons of diesel fuel. The Kenworth rolled, rupturing the fuel tanks. The trailers were fully engulfed. The North…
By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney As an estate planning attorney I find that people most often fail to get their estate planning done because they don’t know where to begin. I feel that my job as an estate planning attorney is to help people get on the right path to…
By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney Generally, owners and occupiers of land or residential premises in Idaho will be under a duty of ordinary care under the circumstances towards invitees who come upon their leased premises. Essentially this means that the tenant is required to keep a place safe for all…
By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney Most employees and employers have heard of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) but most people don’t understand what it is or how it works. In summary, the FMLA provides certain employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year. What…
By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney During my work as an employment law attorney I often have employers ask whether the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) applies to those employees they have who receive and are paid through tips. The purpose of this post is to identify and describe the requirements…
By Lane V. Erickson, attorney Most often when people hear about the landlord tenant relationship they focus on the obligations of the tenant. It’s important to understand that the landlord also has obligations. Most of these obligations are set forth in plain language in a written lease agreement. However there…
By Lane V. Erickson, attorney Almost everyone I talk to claims to know what a Simple Will is. However, when asked to describe what goes into a Simple Will or what statements are made in one, very few people actually know. I don’t ask this question to make people feel…