Legal Opinion
Climax Molybdenum Co. v. Walter
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided June 17, 1991No. 90SC481PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Quinn
The question in this case concerns the proper method for apportioning liability between a workers’ compensation insurer and the Subsequent Injury Fund for workers’ compensation benefits owed to an employee who is permanently and totally disabled as a result of the combined effects of two industrial injuries and an occupational disease. In an unpublished opinion, Climax Molybdenum Co. v. Walter (No. 89CA1305, Colo.App. June 7, 1990), the court of appeals held that, because the last industrial disability sustained by the worker, Stephen Walter, was caused by the occupational disease of…
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