Loffland Bros. Co. v. Industrial Claim Appeals Panel

LOHR, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the opinion of the Colorado Court of Appeals in Loffland Brothers Co. v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office, 754 P.2d 768 (Colo.App.1988), to determine whether our decision in Padilla v. Industrial Commission, 696 P.2d 273 (Colo.1985), is to be given retroactive effect. In Padilla, we held that the Director of the Division of Labor had the statutory authority to reopen any workers’ compensation claims, whether previously resolved by adjudicatory proceedings or by settlement agreements, and that no private agreement between the parties could abrogate…