Brannon v. Pike

HUNTLEY, Justice.

This appeal presents the issue of whether the Idaho Industrial Commission or the district court has jurisdiction to hear a claim by a client against his attorney for alleged breach of contract of representation in a workers’ compensation claim.

Subsequent to the disposition of his workers’ compensation claim before the Industrial Commission, Charles Brannon filed a complaint in district court against Emil Pike, his former attorney, alleging breach of contract and fraudulent alteration of the attorney employment contract. Brannon, had hired Pike to represent him in a workers’…