Hansen v. Estate of Harvey

BURNETT, Judge.

This ease focuses on a juncture between tort law and worker’s compensation law. Gerald Hansen and Robert Lehman have appealed from a summary judgment dismissing their tort action against an employer, Don Harvey, and against the estate of a co-employee, James Harvey. The issue before us is whether the district court correctly determined that Hansen and Lehman were barred from any tort recovery by the exclusive remedy provision of the Idaho worker’s compensation law. We affirm.

The relevant facts are as follows. Gerald Hansen and Robert Lehman were employed by a business known as…