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Youngquist Bros. Oil & Gas, Inc. v. Indus. Claim Appeals Office of Colo.

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided February 25, 2016No. Court of Appeals No. 15CA1165Published

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by JUDGE DUNN

¶ 1 Youngquist Brothers Oil & Gas, Inc., has no business operations in Colorado, but it recruits employees from Colorado to work on its North Dakota oil rigs. Within days of being hired, one of these Colorado recruits, Travis Miner, was injured in North Dakota while working on a Youngquist oil rig. Miner returned to Colorado and sought benefits under the Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado (Act), §§ 8-40-101 to 8-47-209, C.R.S. 2015.

¶ 2 The administrative law judge (ALJ) awarded Miner benefits, concluding he was hired in Colorado and suffered a compensable work-related…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Alaska Packers Assn. v. Industrial Accident Comm'n of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
  2. Metro Moving & Storage Co. v. GussertColorado Court of Appeals · 1995
  3. Tuttle v. ANR Freight System, Inc.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1990
  4. Denver Truck Exchange & State Compensation Insurance Fund v. PerrymanSupreme Court of Colorado · 1957
  5. Horodyskyj v. KaranianSupreme Court of Colorado · 2001

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