Legal Opinion

Brown & Root, Inc. v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided December 12, 1991No. 90CA1737PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge CRISWELL.

Petitioners, Brown & Root, Inc. (employer) and Highlands Insurance Company (insurer), seek review of a final order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Panel determining that Jean S. Schrieber (claimant) was entitled to medical and temporary total disability benefits for a work-related injury. We set aside the order.

Claimant sustained an admitted industrial injury to her back in 1981. The employer, exercising its statutory right under the provision now codified as § 8-43-404(5)(a) (1991 Cum.Supp.), directed claimant to be treated by a physician. This physician referred…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Vanadium Corporation of America v. SargentSupreme Court of Colorado · 1957
  2. May D & F v. Industrial Claim Appeals OfficeColorado Court of Appeals · 1988
  3. James v. IRRIGATION MOTOR AND PUMP COMPANY, INC.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1972
  4. Harlan v. Industrial CommissionSupreme Court of Colorado · 1968
  5. Granite Const. Co. v. LeonardColorado Court of Appeals · 1977

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Jiminez v. Industrial Claim Appeals OfficeColorado Court of Appeals · 2002
  2. L.E.L. Construction v. GoodeColorado Court of Appeals · 1993
  3. El Paso County Department of Social Services v. DonnColorado Court of Appeals · 1993
  4. Burke v. Industrial Claim Appeals OfficeColorado Court of Appeals · 1994
  5. Safeway, Inc. v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office of the ColoradoColorado Court of Appeals · 1998

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