Workers' Compensation Practice and Procedure is a reference guide to major provisions of the Colorado Workers' Compensation Act. It allows fast, easy, and on-point research. In it, experienced authors provide:
- Explanations of the law meant to acquaint the reader with important legal topics routinely encountered in the handling of workers' compensation cases
- The most recent official forms adopted by the Division of Workers' Compensation at the time of publication
- Citations to leading cases and recent appellate cases which refine, or overrule, prior caselaw
- Sample forms and letters throughout the text
Official forms adopted by the Division of Workers' Compensation
Topics include:
- Compensability
- Special compensability problems
- Employment relationships
- Medical benefits, examinations and reports
- Benefits
- Dependency and death benefits
- Reductions in benefits
- Penalties
- Claims against third parties
- Case handling, filings and records
- Closing a claim
- Reopening a claim
- Administrative proceedings and hearings
- Considerations for appeal