RIGGS v. ESTATE OF STANDLEE

Docket No. 21172.

901 P.2d 1328 (1995)

127 Idaho 427

Cynthia RIGGS, surviving spouse of Robbin Riggs, decedent, individually and as guardian of and on behalf of: Casey J. Riggs, William J. Riggs and Cayla L. Riggs, minors, Claimants-Appellants, v. ESTATE OF Cyrus Lynn STANDLEE, d/b/a Standlee Alfalfa Farms and Standlee Alfalfa, Inc., Employers-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Boise, March 1995 Term.

August 31, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lojek, Gabbert & Strother Chtd., Boise, for appellant. Jeffrey A. Strother, argued.

Moffatt, Thomas, Barrett, Rock & Fields, Boise, for respondent. Thomas V. Munson, argued.


SILAK, Justice.

This is an appeal from an Industrial Commission (Commission) ruling that the agricultural exemption to the worker's compensation statutes, I.C. § 72-212(8), bars the appellant's claim for death benefits arising from the accidental death of her husband, Robbin Riggs. We affirm.

I.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Robbin Riggs was killed on October 7, 1990, while operating a hay baler on a farm owned by Owen Ranches in...

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