O'Neill v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office

METZGER, Judge.

Michael T. O’Neill (petitioner) seeks review of a final order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Office (Panel) which held that, pursuant to § 8-48-102(1), C.R.S. (1986 RepLVol. 3B), he is the statutory employer of Darrell W. Barnes (claimant). We set aside the order and remand the cause with instructions. .

This dispute involves the interpretation of the term “to or about a private home” as used in § 8 48 102(1). That statute treats certain owners of real property as statutory employers for purposes of the Workmen’s Compensation Act of Colorado, § 8-40-101, et seq., C.R.S. (1986…