HIGGS v. WESTERN LANDSCAPING

No. 88CA1641.

789 P.2d 431 (1989)

Jim L. HIGGS, Petitioner, v. WESTERN LANDSCAPING & SPRINKLER SYSTEMS, INC., the Industrial Claim Appeals Office of the State of Colorado, and Robert Husson, as the Director, Colorado Division of Labor, Workers' Compensation Section, and the State Compensation Insurance Authority, Respondents.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. IV.

Rehearing Denied September 28, 1989.

Certiorari Granted March 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Withers, Seidman & Rice, P.C., Gudrun Rice, Grand Junction, for petitioner.

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., and Michael J. Steiner, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for respondents The Industrial Claim Appeals Office and Robert Husson, Director, Colorado Div. of Labor.

Paul Tochtrop, Denver, for respondent State Compensation Ins. Authority.

No appearance for respondent Western Landscaping & Sprinkler Systems, Inc.


Opinion by Judge REED.

The claimant, Jim L. Higgs, seeks review of the order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Office (Panel) which affirmed the findings and order of the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) awarding temporary disability benefits to the claimant. Specifically, he challenges the portion of the order which determined the amount of his average weekly wages upon which the award of benefits was based. We affirm.

Claimant sustained an admitted injury arising...

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