SUBROGATION – SALE OF THE LIEN

BACKGROUND Colorado’s workers’ compensation subrogation statute, located at S 8–41–203, C.R.S., is poorly worded and has become more complex through legislative revisions over the years. At its heart, the statute allows payment of compensation under the Colorado Workers’ Compensation Act to operate as an assignment of a cause of action against another person or entity…

The 180 Day Ticking Time Bomb

The Colorado Governmental Immunities Act: The 180 Day Ticking Time Bomb for Filing a Subrogation Personal Injury Lawsuit– Joseph W. Gren, Esq. Professor Alan Dershowitz, a hailed legal commenter and constitutional scholar, once remarked that “every lawsuit results from somebody doing something wrong. If everybody did right, we wouldn’t need laws.” In Colorado, the Workers’…