Poss v. Meeker MacHine Shop

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Part I of the majority’s opinion cursorily reaffirms that part of Booth v. City of Burley, 99 Idaho 229, 580 P.2d 75 (1979) where this Court held that its power to review the testimony of individuals in Industrial Commission cases would be limited to determining if the Commission’s conclusions are supported by substantial and competent evidence, “regardless of whether witnesses have personally appeared before the Industrial Commission.” My review of Booth reveals that that rule was an accident which should not have happened. It is my fear that four members of the Court placed misguided…