Participation in the activity must be voluntary The key issue in determining compensability for an employee’s injury sustained while participating in a recreational or social activity in Colorado is whether the employee’s participation in the activity was voluntary.  It may seem like it would be simple to determine whether an activity is voluntary, but there […]

The petitioner was working as a respiratory therapist on August 19, 2017. The petitioner entered a patient’s room and found the patient standing over the bedside and swaying as if she was going to fall. The petitioner caught the patient and then immediately felt a sharp, pinching pain in her back. The petitioner was eventually […]