If an injured employee refuses or unreasonably fails to seek physically or mentally suitable work, or refuses or unreasonably fails or neglects to work after such suitable work is offered to, procured by or secured for the employee, the injured employee shall not be entitled to temporary disability benefits during the period of such refusal or failure.
Idaho Code § 72-403
Penalty for malingering — Denial of compensation
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Baker v. Louisiana Pacific Corp. (1993)
Most recently applied in Perkins v. Croman, Inc. (August 2000)
I.C., § 72-403, as added by 1971, ch. 124, § 3, p. 422; am. 1997, ch. 274, § 4, p. 799.
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.