Opinion ID: 2626257
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Heading: Summary Judgment for Sorrento

Text: The analysis set forth above as to statutory employer with respect to Montierth, applies as well to the issue raised by Sorrento. However, while the analysis as to Montierth related more to the question of whether it was an owner or lessee of the premises, the issue as to Sorrento relates to whether it is an employer hiring or contracting for services of a contractor or subcontractor. Idaho Worker's Compensation law, Idaho Code § 72-102(12)(a), defines the term employer as follows: `[e]mployer' means any person who has expressly or impliedly hired or contracted the services of another. It includes contractors and subcontractors. It includes the owner or lessee of premises, or other person who is virtually the proprietor or operator of the business there carried on, but who, by reason of there being an independent contractor or for any other reason, is not the direct employer of the workers there employed...'