Chavez v. Stokes
Annotate this CaseAppellant Kevin Stokes employed Respondent Sohar Chavez as a part-time irrigator on Stokes's farm. During the course of his employment, Chavez was injured when his finger slipped into the chain of a motor on an irrigation line. Chavez's finger could not be reattached, and a physician amputated it. A few days after the injury, Life Flight billed Chavez $21,201.00 for transport from the farm to the hospital. Chavez then filed a claim for worker's compensation. Stokes, as the employer of Chavez, was uninsured for purposes of worker's compensation law, but paid all medical expenses related to the injury except the Life Flight bill, which he has disputed, contending that the transport was unreasonable. The Idaho Industrial Commission determined that the Life Flight transport was reasonable under Idaho Code section 72-432(1). Stokes appealed the Commission's judgment. Finding no reversible error, the Supreme Court affirmed.
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