TRAVELERS INS. CO. v. SAVIO

No. 83SC316.

706 P.2d 1258 (1985)

TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. William A. SAVIO, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearings Denied October 21, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Firm of Thomas J. de Marino, Thomas J. de Marino, James R. Florey, Jr., Denver, for petitioner.

Ranson, Thomas & Yukawa, Jon C. Thomas, Colorado Springs, for respondent.

Knapp, Lee & York, P.C., Robert A. Weinberger, Jon A. Pfeiffer, Denver, for amicus curiae Colorado Defense Lawyers Assn.

James L. Gilbert & Associates, P.C., James L. Gilbert, Richard P. Murphy, Arvada, for amicus curiae Colorado Trial Lawyers Assn.


KIRSHBAUM, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in Savio v. Travelers Insurance Co., 678 P.2d 549 (Colo.App.1983), which held that the Workmen's Compensation Act of Colorado (the Act) does not prohibit an employee from pursuing common law remedies against a workers compensation insurance carrier for bad faith in the processing of the employee's compensation claim and that the standard...

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