PRICE MINE SERVICE v. CLAIM APPEALS OFFICE

No. 02CA0375.

64 P.3d 936 (2003)

PRICE MINE SERVICE, INC., Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL CLAIM APPEALS OFFICE OF the STATE OF COLORADO, TIG Insurance Company, National Union Fire Insurance Company, Lester G. Connell, and Rocky Mountain Miners, Respondents.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

January 2, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weinberger & Kanan, P.C., Michael P. Serruto, Robert A. Weinberger, Denver, Colorado, for Petitioner.

Ken Salazar, Attorney General, John D. Baird, Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Respondent Industrial Claim Appeals Office.

Ritsema & Lyon, P.C., Michael A. Perales, Nancy C. Hummel, Denver, Colorado, for Respondent TIG Insurance Company.

No Appearance for Respondent National Union Fire Insurance Company.

Withers Seidman & Rice, P.C., Christopher Seidman, Grand Junction, Colorado, for Respondent Lester G. Connell.

No Appearance for Respondent Rocky Mountain Miners.

Michael J. Steiner, Denver, Colorado, for Amicus Curiae Colorado Compensation Insurance Authority, d/b/a Pinnacol Assurance.

Ken Salazar, Attorney General, Frank R. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Amicus Curiae Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Workers' Compensation, and Mary Ann Whiteside, in her official capacity as the Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation.


Opinion by Judge PIERCE.*

The principal issue in this appeal is whether petitioner, Price Mine Service, Inc., or TIG Insurance Company is liable to pay workers' compensation benefits to Lester G. Connell (claimant) for injuries sustained in an automobile accident during the "quasi-course of employment." If the automobile accident is compensable as part of the original injury, then TIG is liable as the insurer on risk at the time of the...

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