Leffler v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office

Opinion by

Judge ROY.

Glen Leffler, doing business as Skyline Sod, and his insurer, Pinnacol Assurance (collectively employer), appeal an order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Office of Colorado (Panel) awarding Daniel Lewis (claimant) $4800 pursuant to section 8-42-108(2)(c), C.R.S.2009, for additional compensation based on a disfigurement from his partial loss of two fingers.

The sole issue is whether the stump of a partially amputated finger is a disfigurement within the meaning of section 8-42-108(2)(c), which provides for a disfigurement award of up to $8000 for "[s}tumps due to loss or…