Colorado Legislative Session We are now over a month into the 2021 session and it appears much has returned to closer to [...]
If an employee’s workplace injuries contributed to the disability “at least in part,” then medical causation is satisfied. In May of 2007, Adam Pilling, was injured while hurrying into a mine to work on machinery. There was [...]
The Panel cannot interfere with ALJ credibility determinations except in extreme circumstances In Venagas, the claimant worked for the employer as a roofer. On January 17, 2018, the claimant was placing [...]
Colorado Legislative SessionThe 2021 Colorado Legislative Session technically convened (“gaveled in”) on January 13, 2021. However, the current plan is to return [...]
An individual may be found to be temporary totally disabled based on statements of extreme pain interfering with work activities even if a physician has not placed a Petitioner on any restrictions.In Velasco, the petitioner injured his index finger while doing restoration, carpet cleaning, and emergency flood work. The petitioner underwent [...]
The activity of lifting less than 50 pounds while turning one’s neck is considered unusual and extraordinary when doing so in a hurry and facing exigent circumstances.In Watson, the petitioner was employed as a nurse and was caring for a severely disabled child that had a [...]
