72-701. NOTICE OF INJURY AND CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION FOR INJURY — LIMITATIONS. No proceedings under this law shall be maintained unless a notice of the accident shall have been given to the employer as soon as practicable but not later than sixty (60) days after the happening thereof, and unless a claim for compensation with […]
72-702. FORM OF NOTICE AND CLAIM. Such notice and such claim shall be in writing; the notice shall contain the name and address of the employee, and shall state in ordinary language the time, place, nature and cause of the injury or disease and shall be signed by him or by a person on his […]
72-703. GIVING OF NOTICE AND MAKING OF CLAIM. Any notice under this law shall be given to the employer, or, if the employer is a partnership, then to any one (1) of the partners. If the employer is a corporation, then the notice may be given to any agent of the corporation upon whom process […]
72-704. SUFFICIENCY OF NOTICE — KNOWLEDGE OF EMPLOYER. A notice given under the provisions of section 72-701 or section 72-448, Idaho Code, shall not be held invalid or insufficient by reason of any inaccuracy in stating the time, place, nature or cause of the injury, or disease, or otherwise, unless it is shown by the […]
72-705. LIMITATION OF TIME — MINORS AND INCOMPETENTS. No limitation of time provided in this law shall run as against any person who is mentally incompetent or a minor dependent so long as he has no committee, guardian or next friend. History: [72-705, added I.C., sec. 72-705, as added by 1971, ch. 124, sec. 3, […]
72-706. LIMITATION ON TIME ON APPLICATION FOR HEARING. (1) When no compensation paid. When a claim for compensation has been made and no compensation has been paid thereon, the claimant, unless misled to his prejudice by the employer or surety, shall have one (1) year from the date of making claim within which to make […]
72-707. COMMISSION HAS JURISDICTION OF DISPUTES. All questions arising under this law, if not settled by agreement or stipulation of the interested parties with the approval of the commission, except as otherwise herein provided, shall be determined by the commission. History: [72-707, added I.C., sec. 72-707, as added by 1971, ch. 124, sec. 3, p. […]
72-708. PROCESS AND PROCEDURE. Process and procedure under this law shall be as summary and simple as reasonably may be and as far as possible in accordance with the rules of equity. History: [72-708, added I.C., sec. 72-708, as added by 1971, ch. 124, sec. 3, p. 422.]
72-709. ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES — PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS — DEPOSITION — WITNESS FEES. (1) The commission or any member thereof or any hearing officer, examiner or referee appointed by the commission shall have the power to subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, take testimony, issue subpoenas duces tecum, and to examine such of the books and records […]
72-710. TRANSCRIPTS OF PROCEEDINGS. A stenographic or machine transcription of any proceeding or of testimony adduced at any hearing, shall be taken by the commission. History: [72-710, added I.C., sec. 72-710, as added by 1971, ch. 124, sec. 3, p. 422.]
72-711. COMPENSATION AGREEMENTS. If the employer and the afflicted employee reach an agreement in regard to compensation under this law, a memorandum of the agreement shall be filed with the commission, and, if approved by it, thereupon the memorandum shall for all purposes be an award by the commission and be enforceable under the provisions […]
72-712. HEARINGS. Upon application of any party to the proceeding, or when ordered by the commission or a member thereof or a hearing officer, referee or examiner, and when issues in a case cannot be resolved by pre-hearing conferences or otherwise, a hearing shall be held for the purpose of determining the issues. History: [72-712, […]
72-713. NOTICE OF HEARINGS — SERVICE. The commission shall give at least ten (10) days’ written notice of the time and place of hearing and of the issues to be heard, either by personal service or by registered or certified mail. Service by mail shall be deemed complete when a copy of such notice is […]
72-714. HEARINGS, WHERE AND HOW CONDUCTED. (1) The hearing may be held in the city or town or within the county where the injury or disease occurred, or in such other place as the commission deems most convenient for the parties and most appropriate for ascertaining their rights. (2) If the place of hearing claimant’s […]
72-715. DISOBEDIENCE TO COMMISSION’S DIRECTIVE PROCESS. If any person in proceedings before the commission or a member thereof, or hearing officer, referee or examiner, disobeys or resists any lawful order or process, or misbehaves during a hearing or so near the place thereof as to obstruct the same or neglects to produce, after having been […]
72-716. RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS — SERVICE OF ORDER OR AWARD. A decision of the commission together with the transcript of the evidence, findings of fact, rulings of law, award or order, and any other matter pertinent to the questions arising during the hearing shall be filed in the office of the commission. A copy of […]
72-717. EFFECT OF DECISION BY ONE MEMBER OR ASSIGNED OFFICER — CLAIM FOR REVIEW. If the matter has been assigned for hearing by a member, hearing officer, referee, or examiner, the record of such hearing, together with the recommended findings and determination, shall be submitted to the commission for its review and decision. History: [72-717, […]
72-718. FINALITY OF COMMISSION’S DECISION. A decision of the commission, in the absence of fraud, shall be final and conclusive as to all matters adjudicated by the commission upon filing the decision in the office of the commission; provided, within twenty (20) days from the date of filing the decision any party may move for […]
72-719. MODIFICATION OF AWARDS AND AGREEMENTS — GROUNDS — TIME WITHIN WHICH MADE. (1) On application made by a party in interest filed with the commission at any time within five (5) years of the date of the accident causing the injury or date of first manifestation of an occupational disease, on the ground of […]
72-724. APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT. An appeal may be made to the supreme court by such parties from such decisions and orders of the commission and within such times and in such manner as prescribed by rule of the supreme court. History: [72-724, added 1977, ch. 300, sec. 4, p. 843.]
