Deeds v. Regence Blueshield of Idaho

I concur in Parts I, II, III.B, III.C, and IV. I concur in the result in Part III.A.

Part III.A. of the majority opinion eviscerates the legislature’s power to “provide a proper system of appeals” under Article V, § 3, of the Idaho Constitution. This Court has previously recognized that the legislature’s power under this constitutional provision includes the right to determine whether appeals can be taken immediately from decisions that are not yet final.

In Evans State Bank v. Skeen, 30 Idaho 703, 167 P. 1165 (1917), this Court addressed the issue of whether an appeal could be taken directly…