Crown v. State, Department of Agriculture

LANSING, Chief Judge,

specially concurring.

While I join in the foregoing opinion, I write separately to address what I consider to be a specific fatal deficiency in the growers’ trial evidence.

In Crown v. State Department of Agriculture, 127 Idaho 175, 898 P.2d 1086 (1995), the Idaho Supreme Court affirmed the district court’s summary judgment against the growers with respect to all claims except those relating to “the loss of bean inventory before July 1, 1988, due to negligent inspections.” Id. at 182, 898 P.2d at 1093. The Court held that as to any losses occurring after that date, the…