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· 10/1/2001

Horodyskyj v. Karanian

Citations

  • 32 P.3d 470
  • 2001 Colo. J. C.A.R. 4718
  • 2001 Colo. LEXIS 784
  • 86 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1449
  • 2001 WL 1150247

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  • holding that most claims of sexual harassment fall into \the category of inherently private assaults that do not arise out of the employment\ (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • \[Wle have applied the positional-risk or 'but-for' test to determine whether such injuries [attributable to neutral risks] arise out of the employment.\
  • “The exclusive-remedy provisions of the Act bar civil actions in tort against an employer for injuries that are compensable under the Act.” (citing §§ 8-41-102, -104)
  • workers’ compensation “provides exclusive remedies for employees suffering work-related injuries and occupational diseases”
  • Incidents which are “inherently related to employment[] are those that have ‘an inherent connection with employment and emanate from the duties of the job.’” (quoting Popovich v. Irlando, 811 P.2d 379, 383 (Colo. 1991))
  • \[Aln injury is compensa-ble under the Act as long as it is triggered by a neutral source that is not specifically targeted at a particular employee and would have occurred to any person who happened to be in the position of the injured employee at the time and place in question.\

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Judges: Mullarkey, Bender

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