workers compensation
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Federal judge says prisoner cannot sue for dog-bite injury
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A federal judge concluded last week that a man cannot sue the government for injuries he sustained when a dog allegedly attacked him while he participated in a prison program. Kenneth M. Chandler, representing himself, was participating in the “FIDOS” program at the federal penitentiary in Littleton in June 2024. While he was training his…
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Colorado Supreme Court says injured motorists can seek both workers’ comp, insurance benefits
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The Colorado Supreme Court underscored on Monday that employees who are injured on the job in a vehicle accident by a third party are able to pursue workers’ compensation in addition to insurance benefits. Confusion arose among judges about whether an employee’s receipt of workers’ comp benefits foreclosed any lawsuit they could bring against their…
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‘Very vibes-based’: Colorado justices grapple with compensation owed to injured workers
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With multiple judges reaching different conclusions and hazarding guesses about what the Colorado Supreme Court might say, the state’s justices on Tuesday attempted to answer a question at the center of several recent lawsuits: When an employee is driving on the job and another motorist injures them, can they pursue both workers’ compensation and an…
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‘Very vibes-based’: Colorado justices grapple with compensation owed to injured workers
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With multiple judges reaching different conclusions and hazarding guesses about what the Colorado Supreme Court might say, the state’s justices on Tuesday attempted to answer a question at the center of several recent lawsuits: When an employee is driving on the job and another motorist injures them, can they pursue both workers’ compensation and an…
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‘Very vibes-based’: Colorado justices grapple with compensation owed to injured workers
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With multiple judges reaching different conclusions and hazarding guesses about what the Colorado Supreme Court might say, the state’s justices on Tuesday attempted to answer a question at the center of several recent lawsuits: When an employee is driving on the job and another motorist injures them, can they pursue both workers’ compensation and an…
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Appeals court rejects Safeway’s attempt to deny workers’ comp to 82-year-old employee
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Colorado’s second-highest court last month rejected Safeway’s attempt to deny workers’ compensation benefits to an 82-year-old employee who injured herself while trying to stop a shoplifter. While she was cleaning the entryway of a store, Janice Sewald observed a customer leaving without paying and she reached for his cart. She was pulled to the floor…
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Judge tells Colorado to hand over data to feds after 3-year standoff
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A federal judge told the state of Colorado on Wednesday to hand over data related to workers’ compensation payments that the U.S. Social Security Administration has been seeking for three years. While U.S. District Court Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney acknowledged state law appeared to forbid the release of confidential information to the Social Security Administration’s…
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King Soopers’ attempt to sidestep workers comp precedent rebuffed by appeals court
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Colorado’s second-highest court last week rejected an attempt by King Soopers to sidestep its obligation to compensate a worker for his injures, as dictated by the state Supreme Court. In August 2021, assistant manager Michael Waters was moving pallets of material at a King Soopers store when his leg gave out and he fell. Waters…
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Colorado appeals court says in-person doctor exam not required for workers’ comp cases
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Physicians are allowed to find an injured worker suffers from no permanent disability without having to examine them in person, the state’s second-highest court ruled last month. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals emphasized a doctor’s conclusion about a patient’s impairment, based solely on paperwork, is “not the preferred way” to do things.…
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10th Circuit moves out front of Colorado Supreme Court, answers injured-motorist question
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Shortly after the Colorado Supreme Court agreed to address whether state law allows certain injured motorists to receive both workers’ compensation benefits and payments from their employer’s auto insurer, the federal appeals court based in Denver chose to answer the question without waiting for the Supreme Court’s interpretation. By 2-1, a three-judge panel of the…
