Higgs v. Western Landscaping & Sprinkler Systems, Inc.

Judge DUBOFSKY

dissenting.

I respectfully dissent.

The primary cases relied upon by the majority to support its analysis that the statutory scheme here does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution are Romero v. Hodgson, 319 F.Supp. 1201 (N.D.Cal.1970), aff'd, 403 U.S. 901, 91 S.Ct. 2215, 29 L.Ed.2d 678 (1971), and Anaya v. Industrial Commission, 182 Colo. 244, 512 P.2d 625 (1973). Anaya held that the total exclusion of farm and ranch workers from the Colorado Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act) did not violate the Equal Protection…