Ward v. Azotea Contractors

LOHR, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the unpublished opinion of the Colorado Court of Appeals in Ward v. Azotea Contractors, No. 85CA1143 (Colo.App.1986), a case presenting the issue of whether our decision in Engelbrecht v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co., 680 P.2d 231 (Colo.1984), is to be given retroactive effect. In Engel-brecht, we held that cost-of-living increases in federal social security disability benefits are not “periodic disability benefits” within the meaning of section 8-51-101(l)(c), 3B C.R.S. (1986), and therefore do not trigger deductions from state workers’…