Industrial Claim Appeals Office v. Romero

We granted certiorari in Jennie Romero v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office, 902 P.2d 896 (Colo.App.1995), and Dora Romero v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office, No. 94CE0038 (Colo.App. Mar. 2, 1995), to determine whether section 8-42-111(5), 3B C.R.S. (1994 Supp.), which provides that permanent total disability benefits paid to workers’ compensation claimants terminate when the claimant reaches the age of sixty-five, violates equal protection provisions of the federal and state constitutions. In both cases, the court of appeals held that section 8-42-111(5) is unconstitutional because it denies…