Claim of Orr v. Industrial Commission

KIRSHBAUM, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the opinion of the Court of Appeals in Orr v. Industrial Commission, 691 P.2d 1145 (Colo.App.1984). The Court of Appeals set aside an order awarding workers’ compensation benefits to the petitioner, Curtis W. Orr (Orr). We affirm.

In January of 1981, Orr was incarcerated in the Robideau Conservation Camp at Delta, Colorado, a facility under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections (the Department). During that month, the supervisor of the camp, Ralph Granzella, assigned Orr to perform services with a county road maintenance crew…