Edith Keating v. Delta County Memorial Hospital Industrial Claim Appeals Office of the State of Colorado and Robert C. Adams d/b/a Bob Adams Trucking

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<div class="ldml-decision"><div class="ldml-decision"><div href="/vid/891577897" data-vids="891577897" class="ldml-header header ldml-header content__heading content__heading--depth1" data-content-heading-label="Header"><p class="ldml-metadata"><b class="ldml-bold"> <span class="ldml-party"><span class="ldml-name">Edith Keating</span>, <span class="ldml-role">Petitioner</span></span> </b><b class="ldml-bold"> v. </b><b class="ldml-bold"> <span class="ldml-party"><span class="ldml-name">Delta County Memorial Hospital</span></span>; <span class="ldml-party"><span class="ldml-name">Industrial Claim Appeals Office of the State of Colorado</span></span>; and <span class="ldml-party"><span class="ldml-name">Robert C. Adams</span></span> d/b/a <span class="ldml-party"><span class="ldml-name">Bob Adams Trucking</span>, <span class="ldml-role">Respondents</span></span> </b></p><p class="ldml-metadata"><span class="ldml-cite"><b class="ldml-bold">No. 21SC545</b></span></p><p class="ldml-metadata"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-court">Supreme Court of Colorado</span>, En Banc</b></p><p class="ldml-metadata"><span class="ldml-date"><b class="ldml-bold">November 22, 2021</b></span></p></div>
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<span data-paragraph-id="243" data-sentence-id="260" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity">Court
of Appeals</span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_260"><span class="ldml-cite">Case No. 20CA1523</span></a></span></span>
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<span data-paragraph-id="301" data-sentence-id="317" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity">Petition
for Writ</span> of Certiorari DENIED.</span>
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<span data-paragraph-id="363" data-sentence-id="386" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity">JUSTICE <span class="ldml-entity">GABRIEL</span></span> does not participate.</span>
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<span data-paragraph-id="424" data-sentence-id="447" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity">JUSTICE <span class="ldml-entity">SAMOUR</span></span> would grant as to the following issues:</span>
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<span data-paragraph-id="502" data-sentence-id="518" class="ldml-sentence">Whether
<span class="ldml-entity">the court of appeals</span> erred as a matter of law in holding that
a medical provider who knowingly violates <span class="ldml-entity">section</span>
<span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">8-42-101<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(4)</span>, C.R.S.</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-date">2021</span>)</span></a></span>, for 119 consecutive days by
continuing to <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"seek to recover <span class="ldml-parenthetical">[medical]</span> costs and
fees"</span> from an injured employee is not subject to <span class="ldml-entity">the
Act</span>'s continuing daily penalty provision, <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">§
8-43-305, C.R.S.</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-date">2021</span>)</span></a></span>.</span>
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<span data-paragraph-id="903" data-sentence-id="919" class="ldml-sentence">Whether
<span class="ldml-entity">the court of appeals</span> erred as a matter of law in interpreting
the continuing penalty provision of <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_919"><span class="ldml-cite">section 8-43-305</span></a></span>, C.R.S.
<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-entity">2021</span>)</span>, to be inapplicable to a medical provider's
unlawful debt collection processes based upon the erroneous
conclusion that such unlawful processes cannot be cured.</span>
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<span data-paragraph-id="1248" data-sentence-id="1249" class="ldml-sentence">1</span>
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