BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) - The famous Sun Valley ski resort must face a lawsuit by the widow of a man who died after crashing into a snowmaking machine on a beginner run, the Idaho Supreme Court said, ruling a jury must decide whether the padding met the standard for warnings.
BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) - A woman who claims employees at a mental-health clinic pushed her to take Prozac over her objections can sue the State of Idaho for her subsequent suicide attempt, the state’s highest court ruled.
BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) - In a battle over legal fees, an Idaho attorney out for vengeance against his former firm will be sanctioned for continuing to represent a client he took with him when he left.
BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) - An Idaho woman who says she developed breathing difficulties after following a doctor’s instructions to pump ozone gas into her vagina can proceed with her malpractice suit, Idaho’s highest court ruled, overturning a lower-court dismissal based on lack of scientific evidence the gas caused her symptoms.
BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) - A worker who gained more than 100 pounds after he injured his back on the job might be able to obtain workers’ compensation for near-total disability, the Idaho Supreme Court ruled, reversing a state commission’s finding that the employee was responsible for becoming morbidly obese.
BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) – Idaho will have to defend itself from allegations failures in its online court filing system caused the suicide of Bryan Von Lossberg.
BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) – It’s possible that an Idaho county was negligent in ordering a prison inmate to get down from his spot on a top bunk for roll call, the state Supreme Court recently ruled.
BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) - A surgeon who removed a patient’s gallbladder without telling him she’d left a large gallstone behind can be sued for her lack of candor, the Idaho Supreme Court ruled, in a decision that otherwise affirmed a trial judge’s decision to reject the plaintiff’s expert testimony as too late.
BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) - A chef who was seriously injured when a wine bottle shattered as she was opening it can proceed with a lawsuit against the Italian manufacturer of the vessel, after the Idaho Supreme Court ruled a lower court applied too strict a test for whether it had jurisdiction over the foreign company.
BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) – Idaho lawmakers have won a fight over territory with the state’s treasurer, as a Jan. 26 ruling from the state Supreme Court will evict Julie Ellsworth from her office.
BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) – Costco could be liable for the injuries a man sustained when an elderly driver pinned him into another car in the parking lot.
BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) – An Idaho bar isn’t liable for the stabbing of one of its customers as, no matter how hard plaintiffs lawyers argued against it, the state’s Dram Shop Act applied.
BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) – A Pocatello/Chubbock School District No. 25 parent was denied class certification in his lawsuit against the school district over allegations the district charged students illegal fees.
BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) – The Supreme Court of Idaho on Oct. 18 reversed a ruling that dismissed a woman's suit over allegations that the Idaho State Police and Payette County destroyed evidence before she could file a lawsuit against them over her father's death.
BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) – On May 14, the Supreme Court of Idaho affirmed in part and reversed in part a lower court’s ruling to award attorney fees and sanctions in a man’s dispute with his former lawyer.
BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) – A salesman injured on his way to work is owed reasonable medical benefits, the Supreme Court of Idaho determined, affirming the ruling from the Industrial Commission on Jan. 29.
BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) – The Idaho Supreme Court has ruled a court abused its discretion when it capped attorneys' fees in a breach of contract dispute between two companies over the cleanup of a spill at a Boise gas station in 2014.
BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) – A judgment by the Fourth Judicial District Court of Idaho absolving Walmart of any liability related to an accident in one of its stores was vacated by the Idaho Supreme Court, according to a ruling filed July 30.
