Walters v. Industrial Indemnity Co. of Idaho

JOHNSON, Justice.

This is a bad faith insurance case in which we consider two appeals. In the first appeal, we conclude that, following issuance of an amended remittitur from this Court, the trial court did not have jurisdiction to consider a request to amend the complaint. In the second appeal, we conclude that claim preclusion (res judicata) bars the action.

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THE BACKGROUND AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

Johnny E. Walters (Walters) suffered a work-related injury and submitted a worker’s compensation claim to Industrial Indemnity Company of Idaho (the surety). The surety denied some of Walters’s medical…