Chadwick v. Multi-State Electric, LLC

*460J. JONES, Chief Justice,

specially concurring.

I concur in the Court’s opinion, but write to express continuing concern regarding questionable procedural practices employed by the Idaho Industrial Commission. As I pointed out in Kelly v. Blue Ribbon Linen Supply, Inc., 159 Idaho 324, 360 P.3d 333, 2015 WL 6657377, *5 (Nov. 2, 2015), the Commission has recently tended to wholly discard the findings of fact, conclusions of law and recommendation made by a referee and adopt its own. The Commission did so in this case, choosing not to adopt a single finding of fact made by the Referee. Nor did the…