When the employer has knowledge of an occupational disease, injury, or death and willfully fails or refuses to file the report as required by section 72-602(1), Idaho Code, the notice of change of status required by section 72-806, Idaho Code, the limitations prescribed in section 72-701 and section 72-706, Idaho Code, shall not run against the claim of any person seeking compensation until such report or notice shall have been filed.
Idaho Code § 72-604
Failure to report tolls employee limitations
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Tonahill v. Legrand Johnson Construction Co. (1998)
Most recently applied in Austin v. Bio Tech Nutrients (June 2019)
I.C., § 72-604, as added by 1971, ch. 124, § 3, p. 422; am. 1978, ch. 144, § 2, p. 325.
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.