Padilla v. Industrial Com'n of Colorado

KIRSHBAUM, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the decision of the Colorado Court of Appeals in Padilla v. Industrial Commission, No. 82CA0562 (Colo.App. Jan. 20, 1983) (not selected for official publication), affirming the Industrial Commission’s denial of a request by claimant, John J. Padilla, that his case requesting workers’ compensation benefits be reopened. The Commission’s final order adopted the ruling of a hearing officer that the case could not be reopened because Padilla had voluntarily waived his statutory right to reopen by executing a written settlement agreement of his…