AVALANCHE INDUSTRIES, INC. v. CLARK

No. 07SC255.

198 P.3d 589 (2008)

AVALANCHE INDUSTRIES, INC.; Great States Insurance Company c/o Colorado Insurance Guaranty Association; and Western Guaranty Fund, Petitioners v. Gladys Louise CLARK and Industrial Claim Appeals Office of the State of Colorado, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing January 20, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP, Thomas L. Kanan, C. Adam Foster, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioners.

Heuser & Heuser, L.L.P., Gordon J. Heuser, Colorado Springs, CO, Attorneys for Respondent Gladys Louise Clark.

John W. Suthers, Attorney General, Mark N. McMullen, Assistant Attorney General, Laurie Rottersman, Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondent Industrial Claim Appeals Office.

Harvey D. Flewelling, Denver, Colorado, Attorney for Amicus Curiae Pinnacol Assurance.


Chief Justice MULLARKEY delivered the Opinion of the Court.

I. Introduction

In this workers' compensation case, we affirm Avalanche Industries, Inc. v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office, 166 P.3d 147 (Colo.App.2007). The court of appeals correctly upheld the decisions of the Industrial Claims Appeals Office ("ICAO") and administrative law judge ("ALJ"), that determined a claimant's average weekly wage ("AWW") for purposes...

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