Legal Opinion
Lobato v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided January 18, 2005No. 03SC556PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOBBS, Justice.
We granted certiorari in this workers’ compensation case to consider the effect of a 1999 amendment to the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) retroactively altering the timeline for claimants’ selection of a division independent medical examiner (DIME).1 The Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), Industrial Claim Appeals Office (ICAO), and the Director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation (Director) issued three separate interpretations of how the 1999 amendment applies to cases like that of petitioner Enrique Lobato, where a final admission of liability (FAL) that gave no notice of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- United States v. HealeySupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- People v. LutherSupreme Court of Colorado · 2002
- Davison v. Industrial Claim Appeals OfficeSupreme Court of Colorado · 2004
- Colorado Common Cause v. MeyerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1988
- Continental Title Co. v. District Court in & for the City & County of DenverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
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