Kinder v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office of Colorado

Opinion by

Judge CASEBOLT.

Amy Kinder (claimant) seeks review of a final order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Office (Panel) that denied her claim for medical impairment benefits against Colorado State University (college) and the Colorado Compensation Insurance Authority (collectively CCIA). She also challenges the constitutionality of those portions of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) as construed by the Panel when it determined that, as an unpaid student intern, she was not entitled to such benefits. We set aside the order.

As part of a degree program, the college placed claimant as an…