KOHNEN v. SAFEWAY STORES, INC.

No. 87CA0214.

761 P.2d 231 (1988)

Douglas J. KOHNEN, Petitioner, v. SAFEWAY STORES, INC., Safeway Self-Insured, and/or Great American Insurance, and/or State Compensation Insurance Fund (now State Compensation Insurance Authority), # C82-19369, and Robert J. Husson, Director, Division of Labor and Employment, State of Colorado, Respondents.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

Rehearing Denied April 14, 1988.

Certiorari Denied September 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis K. Culkin, Denver, for petitioner.

Watson, Nathan & Bremmer, P.C., Mark H. Dumm, Denver, for respondent Safeway.

White and Steele, P.C., Glendon L. Laird, Denver, for respondent Great American Ins.

Russell A. Stanley, Denver, for respondent State Compensation Ins. Authority.

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., Mary Karen Maldonado, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for respondents Husson, Director and Division of Labor.


PIERCE, Judge.

Douglas J. Kohnen, claimant, seeks review of the final order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Office (Panel) denying his claim for permanent disability benefits. We affirm.

Claimant contends that the employer was barred by the doctrine of collateral estoppel from "disputing disability" because it successfully contended in a separate arbitration proceeding that the claimant was disabled. He therefore argues that it was error for the Panel to refuse...

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