Gonzales v. Advanced Component Systems

We granted certiorari in this ease1 to review Advanced Component Systems v. Gonzales, 935 P.2d 24 (Colo.App.1996), in which the court of appeals held that an ocular disfigurement is not a medical impairment and can only be compensated as a cosmetic disfigurement under section 8-42-108, 3B C.R.S. (1996 Supp.). We conclude that a facial cosmetic deformity may be treated as impeding an individual’s function and be com-pensable as a medical impairment under section 8-42-107(8) rather than only as a cosmetic disfigurement under section 8-42-108. Therefore, we reverse the court of appeals.

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