Colorado Workers' Compensation Act

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Colorado Workers' Compensation Act - C.R.S. Title 8, Articles 40 to 42 (8-40-101 through 8-42-125): general provisions and definitions, coverage and liability, and compensation and benefits is a state statute published by Colorado General Assembly, Office of Legislative Legal Services (leg.colorado.gov). It is one of the Colorado documents that insurance license exam questions are written from, including colorado property & casualty practice questions. This page summarizes it and points to the official version, which is the text to rely on.

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• C.R.S. § 8-41-102 (Liability of employer complying)

  “An employer who has complied with the provisions of articles 40 to 47 of this title, including the provisions relating to insurance, shall not be subject to the provisions of section 8-41-101; nor shall such employer or the insurance carrier, if any, insuring the employer's liability under said...”

• C.R.S. § 8-40-203(1)(b) (Employer)

  “Every person, association of persons, firm, and private corporation, including any public service corporation, personal representative, assignee, trustee, or receiver, who has one or more persons engaged in the same business or employment, except as otherwise expressly provided in articles 40 to 47...”

• C.R.S. § 8-40-201(19)(a) (Definitions: Wages)

  “"Wages" shall be construed to mean the money rate at which the services rendered are recompensed under the contract of hire in force at the time of the injury, either express or implied.”

• C.R.S. § 8-41-301(1) (Conditions of recovery)

  “The right to the compensation provided for in articles 40 to 47 of this title, in lieu of any other liability to any person for any personal injury or death resulting therefrom, shall obtain in all cases where the following conditions occur: (a) Where, at the time of the injury, both employer and...”

• C.R.S. § 8-41-212(1)-(2) (Exemptions - laws of other state furnish exclusive remedy)

  “An employee who was hired or is regularly employed outside of Colorado by an out-of-state employer and the out-of-state employer of the employee are exempt from articles 40 to 47 of this title 8 while the employee is temporarily working for the out-of-state employer within Colorado if: (a) The...”

• C.R.S. § 8-41-203(1) (Negligence of stranger: remedies - subrogation - actions - compromise)

  “(1) (a) If any employee entitled to compensation under articles 40 to 47 of this title is injured or killed by the negligence or wrong of another not in the same employ, such injured employee or, in case of death, such employee's dependents, may take compensation under said articles and may also...”

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