Colorado § 8-42-109 - Added compensation for additional injuries.
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§ 8-42-109. Added compensation for additional injuries.
Where an injured employee sustains an injury covered by sections 8-42-107, 8-42-108, and 8-46-101 but in addition thereto receives other injuries which are sufficient in their nature to alone cause temporary total disability, said employee shall receive, in addition to the amounts specified in said schedule, compensation for temporary total disability as long as said disability is found to exist as a result of said other injuries.
Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 493, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 8-51-109 as it existed prior to 1990.
ANNOTATION
Annotator's note. Since § 8-42-109 is similar to § 8-51-109 as it existed prior to the 1990 repeal and reenactment of the "Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado", articles 40 to 47 of this title, relevant cases construing that provision have been included in the annotations to this section.
Applied in Employers' Mut. Ins. Co v. Indus. Comm'n, 89 Colo. 475, 3 P.2d 1079 (1935); Indus. Comm'n v. Saffeels, 150 Colo. 41, 371 P.2d 438 (1962).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 8-42-109 ("Added compensation for additional injuries.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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