Question 1

What personal injury case types do you cover in Idaho?

Accepted Answer

Premises liability and slip and fall are our headline Idaho categories: big-box and grocery (Walmart, Costco, Albertsons, WinCo, Fred Meyer), restaurant and hotel, parking lot, apartment complex, condominium common areas, and shopping-center files. We also cover auto / car accident, truck and 18-wheeler (I-84 Treasure Valley, US-95 mountain spine), motorcycle, rideshare (Uber and Lyft), pedestrian and bicyclist, dog bite (common-law scienter / one-bite under McClain v. Lewiston Interstate Fair (Idaho 1909) clarification; no statutory strict liability outside livestock/dangerous-dog provisions), wrongful death, ag and forestry workplace, and product. Most firms buying Idaho leads from us mix a slip-and-fall and big-box premises base with steady auto and I-84 / US-95 trucking flow.

Question 2

How does Idaho premises liability law work?

Accepted Answer

Idaho RETAINS the traditional invitee, licensee, and trespasser distinctions. The controlling case is Holzheimer v. Johannesen, 125 Idaho 397, 871 P.2d 814 (1994), which reaffirmed that a possessor of land owes an invitee a duty to keep the premises reasonably safe and to warn of hidden or concealed dangers, while a licensee is owed only the lesser duty to be warned of known dangerous conditions. Status (invitee versus licensee) is a question of fact for the jury when the entrant's purpose is mixed. The open-and-obvious doctrine is a comparative-fault factor rather than a complete bar; an obvious hazard does not automatically defeat liability. The issue is folded into the jury's apportionment under § 6-801. Idaho is one of the more defendant-friendly premises environments in the West relative to unitary-duty states (Washington, Nebraska, Iowa, West Virginia).

Question 3

How much do Idaho premises liability and slip-and-fall leads cost?

Accepted Answer

Idaho premises and slip-and-fall lead pricing tracks the Google Ads auction. Personal injury commercial-intent CPCs across Idaho generally run $40 to $150, with Ada (Boise / Meridian) and Canyon (Caldwell / Nampa) at the top end and Bonneville (Idaho Falls), Twin Falls, Bannock (Pocatello), and rural panhandle counties meaningfully lower. We price per lead with no minimums and no contracts.

Question 4

What is the statute of limitations for Idaho personal injury claims?

Accepted Answer

Two years from the date of injury under Idaho Code § 5-219(4) for most personal injury claims, including premises, slip and fall, dog bite, auto, and product. Wrongful death runs on a 2-year clock from the date of death under § 5-311. The discovery rule is narrow: foreign-object and fraudulent-concealment exceptions in malpractice; otherwise traditional accrual. Idaho Tort Claims Act claims against the State or political subdivisions require pre-suit written notice within 180 days under §§ 6-905 / 6-906; the 180-day notice is jurisdictional, and failure bars the claim entirely.

Question 5

How does Idaho's 49% rule comparative fault affect premises and PI cases?

Accepted Answer

Idaho applies modified comparative fault under Idaho Code § 6-801 in the "less than" form (49% rule). Recovery is barred when the claimant's negligence is "as great as" the negligence of the person against whom recovery is sought, so a plaintiff at exactly 50% is barred. The same rule governs premises, dog bite, auto, and most negligence claims. Idaho is several-only under § 6-803 with narrow concert-of-action and vicarious-liability exceptions; each defendant pays only its proportionate share. Borderline-fault Idaho PI leads (slip-and-fall with prior wet-floor warning posted, premises files where plaintiff partially ignored a marked hazard) are flagged at intake with the 49/50 line as the critical threshold.

Question 6

Does Idaho cap PI noneconomic damages?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Idaho Code § 6-1603 caps noneconomic damages on most PI cases at a base of $250,000, indexed annually each July 1 to the percentage adjustment the Idaho Industrial Commission applies to the state average annual wage. Effective July 1, 2025, the adjusted cap reached $509,013 (a 3.77% increase that pushed the cap above $500,000 for the first time). The cap does not apply to causes arising from willful or reckless misconduct or felonious conduct. Constitutionality upheld in Kirkland v. Blaine County Medical Center, 134 Idaho 464, 4 P.3d 1115 (2000). Punitive damages capped under § 6-1604 at the greater of $250,000 or 3x compensatory; clear-and-convincing evidence; bifurcated; jury not informed of the cap. Public-entity cap $500,000 per occurrence under § 6-926. Med-mal procedural: pre-litigation hearing panel under Idaho Code § 6-1001 mandatory before suit; SOL tolled during pendency.

Question 7

Do you handle Idaho ag and forestry workplace files?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Idaho's ag, forestry, and food-processing concentration drives third-party workplace exposure outside the workers' compensation exclusive remedy. Treasure Valley dairy and produce processing, southern Idaho beef and feedlot operations, panhandle timber and lumber facilities, and eastern Idaho potato-processing (Lamb Weston, Simplot) generate confined-space deaths, equipment-defect claims, ammonia-exposure files, and grain/silo files. Idaho Farm Bureau Mutual carries unusually deep penetration in agricultural and rural counties (~9.55% statewide auto market share, 4th-largest in-state writer). We screen ag and forestry files for direct-employer status (workers' comp bar), non-employer co-tortfeasors (equipment manufacturers, contractors, premises owners), and contracting-relationship analysis at intake.

Question 8

How does the Holzheimer tripartite framework change the calculus on Idaho files?

Accepted Answer

Holzheimer v. Johannesen, 125 Idaho 397 (1994) reaffirmed Idaho's retention of the invitee/licensee/trespasser tripartite framework, distinguishing Idaho from the unitary-duty states (Washington, Nebraska, Iowa, West Virginia). Status determines duty: invitees get the "reasonable care" standard plus warning of hidden or concealed dangers; licensees get only warning of known dangerous conditions; trespassers get only the duty to refrain from willful or wanton injury. Status is a fact question for the jury when the entrant's purpose is mixed. This is materially more defendant-friendly than the unitary-duty majority of Western states, and intake screening on Idaho premises files focuses heavily on entrant status and prior-complaint discovery.

Question 9

Are your Idaho leads pre-screened against the indexed § 6-1603 cap and the 180-day Tort Claims notice?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Every Idaho lead is screened for SOL position under Idaho Code § 5-219(4), representation status, injury, 49% rule comparative-fault sanity check under § 6-801, and § 6-1603 cap exposure (cases that may clear the willful/reckless or felonious-conduct exception are flagged for the higher exposure ceiling). Premises files include surface-condition context and entrant-status flagging. Auto files include I-84 / US-95 corridor and FMCSA context where applicable. Public-entity leads are flagged at intake for the 180-day jurisdictional notice requirement under §§ 6-905 / 6-906 and the $500,000 per-occurrence cap under § 6-926.

Question 10

Any contracts, minimums, or setup fees?

Accepted Answer

None. No monthly minimums, no subscriptions, no setup fees for standard onboarding. Pay per lead. Pause or resume anytime. Invalid leads are replaced under our standard policy.

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