Hoff v. Industrial Claim Appeals office

JUDGE CASEBOLT

concurring in part and dissenting in part.

¶ 46 I fully concur that petitioner, Norma Patricia Hoff, has standing to challenge the ALJ’s order and the Panel’s conclusion that MDR was not covered by the insurance policy issued by Pinnacol to MDR. Therefore, I join in part II of the majority opinion. I also agree that the Panel misconstrued the law of promissory estoppel and that the ease must be remanded to the ALJ to address whether a promise made by Pinnacol and Bradley induced action or forbearance and whether injustice can be avoided only by enforcement of the promise. Hence,…