Subsequent Injury Fund v. State Compensation Insurance Authority

We granted certiorari to review the Colorado Court of Appeals’ decision in Subsequent Injury Fund v. State Compensation Insurance Authority, 768 P.2d 751 (Colo.App.1988). The issue is whether the obligation to pay permanent disability benefits to which an employee is entitled under the workers’ compensation laws shall fall upon the employer and its insurer or upon the Subsequent Injury Fund (SIF). The court of appeals held that the SIF was liable for all permanent total disability benefits exceeding ten thousand dollars owed to an employee rendered permanently and totally disabled by…