Legal Opinion
City of Littleton v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided May 2, 2016No. Supreme Court Case No. 12SC871PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marquez
delivered the Opinion .of the Court,
11 Littleton firefighter Jeffrey J. Christ was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme ("GBM"), a type of brain cancer. After undergoing surgery, chemotherapy, .and radiation, he returned to work;, but ultimately succumbed to the disease. He (and later his widow and child) sought workers' compensation benefits to cover his cancer treatment, asserting that his brain cancer qualified as a compensable occupational disease under the "firefighter statute," .$ 8-41-209, CRS. (2015), of the Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado, §§ 840-101 to -47-209, C.R.S.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Page v. ClarkSupreme Court of Colorado · 1979
- Norris v. Baxter Healthcare Corp.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2005
- Davison v. Industrial Claim Appeals OfficeSupreme Court of Colorado · 2004
- Krueger v. ArySupreme Court of Colorado · 2009
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3Cited by9 opinions
- City of Phila. v. Workers' Comp. Appeal Bd.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
- City of Littleton v. Industrial Claim Appeals OfficeSupreme Court of Colorado · 2016
- Peo v. MarxColorado Court of Appeals · 2019
- In Re the Marriage of JohnsonSupreme Court of Colorado · 2016
- Industrial Claim Appeals Office v. Town of Castle Rock & CirsaSupreme Court of Colorado · 2016
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