COLO. COMP. INS. v. INDUS. CLAIM APPEALS

No. 99CA1624.

18 P.3d 790 (2000)

COLORADO COMPENSATION INSURANCE AUTHORITY, d/b/a Pinnacol Assurance; and Delivery by Design, LLC., Petitioners, v. The INDUSTRIAL CLAIM APPEALS OFFICE OF the STATE OF COLORADO and Jason Withrow, Respondents.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. V.

Rehearing Denied July 27, 2000.

Certiorari Denied March 12, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curt Kriksciun, Denver, Colorado, for Petitioners Colorado Compensation Insurance Authority, d/b/a Pinnacol Assurance; and Delivery by Design, LLC.

Ken Salazar, Attorney General, John D. Baird, First Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Respondent Industrial Claim Appeals Office.

No Appearance for Respondent Jason Withrow.


Opinion by Judge RULAND.

The sole issue in this workers' compensation case is whether an insurer may file an admission of liability agreeing to pay temporary disability payments for only a limited or "closed" period without complying with other statutory and regulatory provisions governing the termination of such benefits. We conclude that an insurer may not limit its liability in this manner. We therefore affirm the order...

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