State High Court Faults Comp Ruling After 18-Month Imaging Delay

The Idaho Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed a state ruling that cut off benefits to an injured worker, criticizing the legal standard applied after nearly 18 months of delays in obtaining diagnostic imaging to evaluate his condition. In Miklos v. L&W Supply, the state’s highest court held that Idaho’s Industrial Commission erred when it denied continued benefits to Christopher Miklos, a drywall delivery driver who suffered a compensable ankle injury in 2019 and later developed a recurrent tendon tear. The commission improperly treated the later injury as a new condition r...