Gary WILSON, Claimant in the death of Dean Booth Wilson, Petitioner,
v.
JIM SNYDER DRILLING, State Compensation Insurance Fund, Division of Labor, and The Industrial Commission of the State of Colorado, Respondents.
Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
December 14, 1987.
December 14, 1987.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Richard T. Goold, Denver, for petitioner.
Russell A. Stanley, Denver, for respondents Jim Snyder Drilling and State Compensation Ins. Fund.
Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., Robert C. Lehnert, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for respondent Indus. Com'n of the State of Colo.
Paul Conaway, Denver, for amicus curiae Colo. Trial Lawyers Ass'n.
Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.
LOHR, Justice.
In Wilson v. Jim Snyder Drilling,729 P.2d 1022 (Colo.App.1986), the Colorado Court of Appeals held that cost-of-living increases in federal social security death benefits are not "periodic death benefits" within the meaning of section 8-50-103, 3B C.R.S. (1986), and therefore cannot be deducted from state workers' compensation death benefits. In reaching that result, the court of appeals relied upon Engelbrecht...
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