CHRISTIE v. COORS TRANSP. CO.

No. 96SC66.

933 P.2d 1330 (1997)

Richard A. CHRISTIE, Petitioner, v. COORS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY and the Industrial Claim Appeals Office, Respondents, and Subsequent Injury Fund, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

March 31, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brauer, Buescher, Valentine, Goldhammer & Kelman, P.C., Joseph M. Goldhammer, Ellen M. Kelman, Denver, for Petitioner.

Glasman, Jaynes, McBride & Musgrave, L.L.P., Thomas O. McBride, Christine A. McBride, Denver, for Respondent Coors Transportation Company.

Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, Martha Phillips Allbright, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Richard A. Westfall, Solicitor General, Paul Farley, Deputy Attorney General, David M. Kaye, First Assistant Attorney General, John D. Baird, Assistant Attorney General, State Services Division, Denver, for Respondent the Industrial Claim Appeals Office.

Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, Martha Phillips Allbright, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Richard A. Westfall, Solicitor General, Garth C. Lucero, Deputy Attorney General, Michael P. Serruto, First Assistant Attorney General, Civil Litigation Section, Roxane D. Baca, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Litigation Section, Denver, for Intervenor Subsequent Injury Fund.

Jean E. Dubofsky, P.C., Jean E. Dubofsky, Boulder, for amicus curiae Workers Compensation Education Association.

Colorado Compensation Insurance Authority, Michael J. Steiner, Denver, for amicus curiae Colorado Compensation Insurance Authority.

Berry & Singer, John Berry, Denver, for amicus curiae Workers' Compensation Coalition.


Chief Justice VOLLACK delivered the Opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari to determine (a) whether the court of appeals properly refused to interpret section 8-40-201(16.5)(a), 3B C.R.S. (1995 Supp.), in light of section 8-43-303(3), 3B C.R.S. (1995 Supp.); and (b) whether the court of appeals properly refused to interpret section 8-40-201(16.5)(a) in pari materia with section 8-46-101(1)(a), 3B C.R.S. (1995 Supp.). The court of appeals determined that...

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