Opinion ID: 1444031
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Heading: the trial court correctly refused to give an instruction on the life safety code.

Text: The Le'Galls assert that the trial court should have given their requested instruction on the Life Safety Code (LSC). Because the Le'Galls failed to introduce evidence that either the county or the city of Nezperce had adopted the LSC, the trial court correctly refused to give the instruction. The fire occurred in November 1989 in the city of Nezperce, which is in Lewis County. In 1989, I.C. § 39-4109(5) stated that the LSC was adopted for the state of Idaho. Idaho Code § 39-4116(1) stated that local governments had the option of adopting the LSC. A local government was defined as an Idaho city or county. I.C. § 39-4105(9). The Le'Galls did not introduce any evidence that the county or the city of Nezperce adopted the LSC. Because there was no evidence that the LSC applied when the fire occurred, the trial court correctly refused to give the Le'Galls' requested instruction on it. Lubcke v. Boise City/Ada County Hous. Auth., 124 Idaho 450, 461, 860 P.2d 653, 664 (1993); Everton v. Blair, 99 Idaho 14, 16, 576 P.2d 585, 587 (1978).