City and County of Denver v. ICAO

SUMMARY

December 2, 2021

2021COA146

No. 21CA0275, City and County of Denver v. ICAO — Labor and

Industry — Workers’ Compensation — Review Procedures —

Reopening

In this workers’ compensation case, a division of the court of

appeals considers whether the reopening statute, section 8-43-303,

C.R.S. 2021, which limits the grounds on which an award may be

reopened, constrains the authority of the Director of the Division of

Workers’ Compensation to reopen an award that had been closed

automatically for failure to prosecute. The division concludes that

it does.

The division therefore concludes that the…