ECKHARDT v. VILLAGE INN (VICORP)

No. 90SC701.

826 P.2d 855 (1992)

Richard W. ECKHARDT, Petitioner, v. VILLAGE INN (VICORP), Great American Insurance Company and the Industrial Claim Appeals Office of the State of Colorado, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

March 10, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley R. Irwin, Anthony L. Sokolow, Ozer & Trueax, P.C., Denver, for petitioner.

Douglas A. Tabor, Watson, Nathan & Bremer, P.C., Denver, for respondents Village Inn and Great American Ins. Co.

Gale A. Norton, Atty. Gen., Raymond T. Slaughter, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Timothy M. Tymkovich, Sol. Gen., Mary Karen Maldonado, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Human Resources Section, Denver, for Industrial Claim Appeals Office.

Robert W. Klingler, Denver, for amicus curiae Colorado Compensation Ins. Authority.


Justice MULLARKEY delivered the Opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari to consider whether the court of appeals erred in affirming the decision by the Industrial Claim Appeals Office (Panel) to terminate future worker's compensation benefits payable to the claimant, Richard K. Eckhardt. In an unpublished opinion, the court of appeals held that the Colorado Workmen's Compensation Act, now called the Workers' Compensation Act (Act), does not require an employer...

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