Engelbrecht v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

DUBOFSKY, Justice.

We granted petitions for certiorari to review the judgments of separate panels of the Court of Appeals in Dailey v. Industrial Commission, 651 P.2d 1223 (Colo.App.1982), and Engelbrecht v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co., 652 P.2d 1105 (Colo.App.1982). Both panels held that under section 8-51-101(l)(c), C.R.S., cost-of-living increases to federal social security disability benefits may be deducted from state workers’ compensation payments. We reverse the judgments of the Court of Appeals, and remand both cases.

The petitioners, Stanley Dailey and Alvin Engelbrecht, were…