Excel Corp. v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office

Opinion by

Judge HUME.

In this workers’ compensation proceeding, we granted certiorari to address application of the “quasi-course of employment” doctrine, as recognized in Travelers Insurance Co. v. Savio, 706 P.2d 1258 (Colo.1985), to a second injury sustained by a workers’ compensation claimant during a trip to obtain medical care or rehabilitation for a compensable injury.

Here, the Industrial Claim Appeals Panel applied the doctrine to affirm the determination of the Administrative Law Judge that an accident in which the claimant, Salvador M. Barron, slipped and fell while leaving a…