Runcorn v. Shearer Lumber Products, Inc.

BAFES, Justice.

This case arises out of an injury to plaintiff Tom Runcorn, a boiler repairman, whose Washington employer, Atlas Boiler & Equipment Company, contracted to repair a boiler on the premises of Shearer Lumber Products, Inc., in Elk City, Idaho. Runcorn was injured while performing repairs on one of defendant Shearer’s boilers. The issues presented are: (1) whether Shearer is a statutory employer under Idaho’s workmen’s compensation laws, and whether all statutory employers in Idaho are immune from tort recovery by the exclusive remedies provided in the workmen’s compensation…