Professional Fire Protection, Inc. v. Long

Opinion by Judge TURSI.

Respondent Colorado Compensation Insurance Authority (CCIA) seeks review of a final order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Panel which determined that Thomas E. Long (claimant) was permanently and totally disabled. We affirm.

Claimant was employed as a field supervisor for Professional Fire Protection when he sustained an admitted industrial injury on April 6, 1987. Subsequent to the injury, he was found eligible for vocational rehabilitation. The only feasible vocational rehabilitation plan required 15 months of training. Claimant received no vocational rehabilitation…