Moore v. Digital Equipment Corp.

Opinion by

Judge CRISWELL.

This consolidated review proceeding by claimants, Ernest E! Moore and Mark R. Fox, presents the issue whether a lump sum payment made to an employee upon that employee’s termination in consideration of the employee’s release of all common law and statutory claims against the employer and other parties constitutes a “severance allowance” within the meaning of § 8-73-110(1), C.R.S. (1993 Cum.Supp.), so that such pay ment causes the employee’s right to unemployment compensation to be reduced. We conclude that such a payment is not such a severance allowance. Hence, we…