Industrial Claim Appeals Office v. Town of Castle Rock & Cirsa

T1 Castle Rock firefighter Mike Zukowski was diagnosed with melanoma, a type of skin cancer. He had three excision surgeries to remove the melanoma and was then released to return to work on full duty. He sought both medical benefits and temporary total disability benefits under the "firefighter statute," § 8-41-209, C.R.S. (2015), of the Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado, asserting that his melanoma qualified as a compensable occupational disease. At issue here is whether Zukowski's employer, the Town of Castle Rock, and Castle Rock's insurer, the Colorado Intergovernmental Risk Sharing…