Marinez v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N OF STATE

LOHR, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the unpublished opinion of the Colorado Court of Appeals in Marinez v. Industrial Commission, No. 85CA1534 (Colo.App.1986), in order to determine whether our decision in Engelbrecht v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co., 680 P.2d 231 (Colo.1984), is to be given retroactive effect. In Engel-brecht, we held that cost-of-living increases in federal social security disability benefits are not “periodic disability benefits” within the meaning of section 8-51-101(l)(c), 3B C.R.S. (1986), and therefore do not trigger deductions from state workers’…