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Idaho Code § 72-217

Extraterritorial coverage

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Kirkpatrick v. Transtector Systems (1988)

Most recently applied in In Re Almgren (December 2007)

I.C., § 72-217, as added by 1971, ch. 124, § 3, p. 422.

If an employee, while working outside the territorial limits of this state, suffers an injury or an occupational disease on account of which he, or in the event of death, his dependents, would have been entitled to the benefits provided by this law had such occurred within this state, such employee, or, in the event of his death resulting from such injury or disease, his dependents, shall be entitled to the benefits provided by this law, provided that at the time of the accident causing such injury, or at the time of manifestation of such disease:

(1) His employment is principally localized in this state; or

(2) He is working under a contract of hire made in this state in employment not principally localized in any state; or

(3) He is working under a contract of hire made in this state in employment principally localized in another state, the workmen’s compensation law of which is not applicable to his employer; or

(4) He is working under a contract of hire made in this state for employment outside the United States and Canada.

Current official text: Idaho Statutes (Idaho Legislature). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Idaho statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.