Legal Opinion
City of Colorado Springs v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided February 26, 2004No. 03CA0890PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge KAPELKE.
City of Colorado Springs (employer) seeks review of a final order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Office (Panel) determining that a workers’ compensation claim filed by William Sopp (claimant) was not barred by the two-year statute of limitations in § 8-43-103(2), C.R.S.2003. We affirm.
Claimant was employed as a fireman for thirty-one years, and he suffered substantial exposure to smoke. In the early 1990s, he began experiencing exertion-induced shortness of breath and tightness in his chest, and by 1992 he was suffering from persistent coughing and congestion. He…
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