Legal Opinion
Specialty Restaurants Corp. v. Nelson
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided May 10, 2010No. 09SC536PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hobbs
We granted certiorari in this workers' compensation case to determine whether an employee who was injured in 1990, awarded permanent and total disability ("PTD") benefits in 2002, and received a lump sum payment in 2007 is entitled to an additional lump sum payment under a 2007 amendment to section 8-48-406, C.R.S. (2009), of the Colorado Workers' Compensation Act, which increased the maximum aggregate lump sum an employee may receive.1 We find she is.
*396We hold that the lump sum provision of the Colorado Workers' Compensation Act is procedural in nature. An employee's election of a Iump sum…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Hill v. DeWittSupreme Court of Colorado · 2002
- Vaughan v. McMinnSupreme Court of Colorado · 1997
- Romer v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Colorado · 1998
- Davison v. Industrial Claim Appeals OfficeSupreme Court of Colorado · 2004
- Ficarra v. Department of Regulatory Agencies, Division of InsuranceSupreme Court of Colorado · 1993
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3Cited by64 opinions
- Vaccaro v. American Family Insurance GroupColorado Court of Appeals · 2012
- Coffman, Colorado Attorney General v. Williamson, JrSupreme Court of Colorado · 2015
- Daniel v. City of Colorado SpringsSupreme Court of Colorado · 2014
- Pinnacol Assurance v. HoffSupreme Court of Colorado · 2016
- Jordan v. Maxim Healthcare ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2020
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