Morris v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office

Opinion by

Judge RULAND.

Petitioners, James C. Morris (employer) and its insurer, the Colorado Compensation Insurance Authority (CCIA), seek review of a final order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Office (Panel), awarding Bianca P. Storlazzi (claimant) permanent partial disability benefits based upon a whole person impairment. We set aside the order and remand with directions.

The relevant facts are not in dispute. Claimant suffered an admitted injury to her left wrist and arm in May 1992. A level II accredited physician rated claimant’s permanent impairment as a scheduled injury to the left…