72-209. EXCLUSIVENESS OF LIABILITY OF EMPLOYER. (1) Subject to the provisions of section 72-223, Idaho Code, the liability of the employer under this law shall be exclusive and in place of all other liability of the employer to the employee, his spouse, dependents, heirs, legal representatives or assigns.
(2) The liability of an employer to another person who may be liable for or who has paid damages on account of an injury or occupational disease or death arising out of and in the course of employment of an employee of the employer and caused by the breach of any duty or obligation owed by the employer to such other person shall be limited to the amount of compensation for which the employer is liable under this law on account of such injury, disease, or death, unless such other person and the employer agree to share liability in a different manner.
(3) The exemption from liability given an employer by this section shall also extend to the employer’s surety and to all officers, agents, servants and employees of the employer or surety, provided that such exemptions from liability shall not apply in any case where the injury or death is proximately caused by the willful or unprovoked physical aggression of the employer, its officers, agents, servants or employees, which physical aggression must include clear and convincing evidence the employer, its officers, agents, servants, or employees either specifically intended to harm the employee or engaged in conduct knowing that injury or death to the employee was substantially likely to occur. The loss of such exemption applies only to the aggressor and shall not be imputable to the employer unless provoked or authorized by the employer or the employer was a party thereto.
History:
[72-209, added 1971, ch. 124, sec. 3, p. 422; am. 2020, ch. 208, sec. 1, p. 602.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 72 - WORKER'S COMPENSATION AND RELATED LAWS -- INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
Chapter 2 - SCOPE — COVERAGE — LIABILITY
Section 72-201 - DECLARATION OF POLICE POWER.
Section 72-202 - INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
Section 72-203 - EMPLOYMENTS COVERED.
Section 72-204 - PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT — COVERAGE.
Section 72-205 - PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT GENERALLY — COVERAGE.
Section 72-206 - IDAHO YOUTH CONSERVATION PROJECT — COVERAGE.
Section 72-207 - PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT — RELIEF WORK.
Section 72-208 - INJURIES NOT COVERED — WILLFUL INTENTION — INTOXICATION.
Section 72-209 - EXCLUSIVENESS OF LIABILITY OF EMPLOYER.
Section 72-210 - EMPLOYER’S FAILURE TO INSURE LIABILITY.
Section 72-211 - EXCLUSIVENESS OF EMPLOYEE’S REMEDY.
Section 72-212 - EXEMPTIONS FROM COVERAGE.
Section 72-213 - ELECTION OF EXEMPT COVERAGE.
Section 72-214 - REVOCATION OF ELECTION.
Section 72-217 - EXTRATERRITORIAL COVERAGE.
Section 72-219 - INJURIES IN TRANSITORY EMPLOYMENT IN IDAHO.
Section 72-220 - LOCALE OF EMPLOYMENT.
Section 72-221 - COVERAGE FOR INJURIES OR OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES OUTSIDE STATE PRESUMED.
Section 72-222 - RECIPROCAL RECOGNITION OF EXTRATERRITORIAL COVERAGE WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
Section 72-223 - THIRD PARTY LIABILITY.
Section 72-225 - MINOR EMPLOYEE.
Section 72-226 - INSANE PERSON’S COMPENSATION PAYABLE TO GUARDIAN.
Section 72-227 - DOUBTFUL RIGHTS SUBJECT TO COMMISSION’S DETERMINATION.
Section 72-228 - PRESUMPTION FAVORING CERTAIN CLAIMS.