Legal Opinion

Riddle v. Ampex Corp.

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided March 19, 1992No. 91CA1058PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by Judge PIERCE.

Sharon Kay Riddle, claimant, contests an order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Panel denying and dismissing her claim for stress-related disability. We affirm.

The claimant alleges that she was rendered totally and temporarily disabled by mental stress caused by the implementation of a no-smoking ban in the electronics manufacturing plant of the employer, Am-pex Corporation.

In 1986, Ampex instituted a smoking restriction which confined tobacco smoking to the employees’ cafeteria. A representative of the employer testified that the restriction was imposed in response to…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Varsity Contractors & Home Insurance Co. v. BacaColorado Court of Appeals · 1985
  2. Crandall v. Watson-Wilson Transportation System, Inc.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1970
  3. Eisnach v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N OF STATE OF COLO.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1981
  4. Holme, Roberts & Owen v. Industrial Claim Appeals OfficeColorado Court of Appeals · 1990
  5. Roe v. Industrial Com'n of StateColorado Court of Appeals · 1986

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Christie v. Coors Transportation Co.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1996
  2. Bestway Concrete & Tig Insurance Co v. Industrial Claim Appeals OfficeColorado Court of Appeals · 1999
  3. General Cable Co. v. Industrial Claim Appeals OfficeColorado Court of Appeals · 1994
  4. Walker v. Jim Fuoco Motor Co.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1997
  5. Magnetic Engineering, Inc. v. Industrial Claim Appeals OfficeColorado Court of Appeals · 2000

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