Travelers Insurance Co. v. Savio

KIRSHBAUM, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in Savio v. Travelers Insurance Co., 678 P.2d 549 (Colo.App.1983), which held that the Workmen’s Compensation Act of Colorado (the Act) does not prohibit an employee from pursuing common law remedies against a workers compensation insurance carrier for bad faith in the processing of the employee’s compensation claim and that the standard of care applicable to such carrier’s duty to process claims in good faith is simple negligence. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

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On December 2, 1977, William Savio…