Legal Opinion
Dow Chemical Co. v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided August 27, 1992No. 91CA1248PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge NEY.
Petitioners, Dow Chemical Company and Travelers Insurance Co. (Rocky Flats), contest an order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Panel, awarding death benefits to the beneficiaries of the decedent, James R. Downing. We affirm.
The decedent worked 17 years at the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant and died at the age of 44 from a rare cancer of the esophagus known as adenocarcinoma. The decedent had a long history of gastric difficulties and Barrett’s esophagus, a condition characterized by a reflux of stomach acid into the lower esophagus. Expert witnesses for both sides agreed…
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- Rockwell International v. TurnbullColorado Court of Appeals · 1990
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