Jiminez v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office

Opinion by

Judge CASEBOLT.

Maxie Jiminez (claimant) seeks review of a final order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Office (Panel) denying his claim for penalties against employer, Amax Henderson Project, and its insurer, Pinnacol Assurance (collectively Pinnacol). We affirm.

In an underlying order in 2000, an administrative law judge (ALJ) found Pinnacol liable to claimant for additional temporary total disability (TTD) benefits beyond what it had previously paid. The ALJ also imposed penalties for late payment of TTD benefits.

Pinnacol filed a timely petition to review the order, alleging that…