Sohar Chavez v. Kevin Stokes

W. JONES, Justice.

I. Nature of the Case

Appellant 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. Life Flight Network (Life Flight) transported Chavez from the area of Fruitland/Payette, Idaho, to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center (Saint Alphonsus) in Boise, Idaho. Chavez’s finger could not be reattached, and a physician at Saint Alphonsus amputated it. A few days after the injury, Life Flight billed Chavez $21,201.00…