KRAUS v. ARTCRAFT SIGN CO.

No. 83SC475.

710 P.2d 480 (1985)

In the Matter of Timothy C. KRAUS; Charles McGrath, the Director of the Department of Labor, State of Colorado; and the Colorado Industrial Commission, Petitioners, v. ARTCRAFT SIGN COMPANY and the State Compensation Insurance Fund, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

December 16, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon F. Jorgensen, P.C., Gordon F. Jorgensen, Denver, for petitioner, Timothy C. Kraus.

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., Kathryn J. Aragon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for petitioners, Charles McGrath and Colorado Indus. Com'n.

Fuller and Evans, Larry G. Johnson, Denver, for respondents.


ERICKSON, Justice.

In this workmen's compensation case we granted certiorari to review Artcraft Sign Co. v. McGrath, 679 P.2d 1103 (Colo.App. 1983). We consider whether a failure to fill in all of the blanks on an employment application, thereby omitting material information as to previous injuries, can bar a later claim for workmen's compensation. We now reverse and remand to the court of appeals with directions to reinstate...

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