Christensen v. West

437 P.2d 359 (1968)

Wallace L. CHRISTENSEN, Claimant-Appellant,

v.

William H. WEST, dba Residential Improvement Company and State Insurance Fund, Defendants-Respondents.

No. 10004.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

February 14, 1968.

McClenahan & Greenfield, Boise, for claimant-appellant.

Coughlan & Imhoff, Boise, for defendants-respondents.

McQUADE, Justice.

The only question presented by this appeal is whether I.C. § 72-316(4), which provides:

"In all cases of hernia [from industrial accident] * * *, it must be proved [to sustain a claim for workmen's compensation]:

"4. That the hernia was reported to the…