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BUFFINGTON v. POTLATCH CORP.

No. 20367.

875 P.2d 934 (1994)

125 Idaho 837

Chauncey E. BUFFINGTON, Claimant-Appellant, v. POTLATCH CORPORATION, Employer, and Workers Compensation Exchange, Surety, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Boise, February 1994 Term.

June 17, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vrable & Jackson, Hayden, for appellant. Michael J. Vrable argued.

Clements, Brown & McNichols, Lewiston, for respondents. Dean Wullenwaber argued.

McDEVITT, Chief Justice

I

BACKGROUND AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

Chauncey Buffington began to work at Potlatch Corporation's Rutledge plant in June of 1959. The noise levels at the plant to which he was initially exposed were minimal. In 1970 or 1971, Buffington switched jobs and started to grade and sort lumber, which required him to stand within thirty feet of five machines called "planers." Because these planers emitted a high level of noise, Buffington...

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