Eley’s Workers’ Compensation Blog

Recent Posts from Eley’s Workers’ Compensation Blog

• Candelari v. Patterson - Job offer letter not needed when claimant isn't already receiving temporary disability benefits.

  The ICAO ruled that the job offer provisions of §8-42-105 (3)(d)(I) do not apply if the claimant is not receiving temporary disability benefits.  

• ICAO futher clairifies termination for cause and temporary disability benefits.

  The ICAO further clarified the Longmont Toyota ruling in Speer vs. National Mentor Holdings.  It found that even if a claimant is terminated for cause or quits his job, TTD, once started, can still only…

• Nelson v. ICAO is Good News for Clamants Entitled to Lump Sums

  Nelson v. ICAO holds that a claimant may take advantage of increases in lump sum awards, even if the statutory increase occurred after their date of injury. 

• Keith Mottram is New Workers Compensation ALJ for the Western Slope

  Keith Mottram has been hired by the Office of Administrative Courts to hear workers compensation cases on the western slope.  

• Claimant wins issue of termination for cause, even though she resigned from her job. Lozano vs. Grand River Hospital District, W.C. 4-734-912

  A claimant’s resigning from a job does not necessarily equate with being responsible for her termination and may not make the worker ineligible for temporary benefits.  In Lozano vs. Grand River Hospital District, the ALJ…