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★ Colorado · workplace

Workplace settlements
in Colorado.

By Reviewed by Abd Shanti, Founder9 min read

Colorado’s maximum weekly workers’ compensation benefit is $1,464.12 for injuries from 1 July 2026, 91 percent of the state average weekly wage. Two cases show the limits: a truck driver could not reopen a settlement he signed before finishing treatment, and a teacher’s long running maintenance care was ended.

Facts that decide a workplace claim in Colorado

Maximum weekly benefit$1,464.12 for temporary total, temporary partial, permanent total and death benefits from 1 July 2026; a weekly wage of at least $2,196.18 is needed to reach it.Division of Workers’ Compensation, 2026 Maximum Benefits Order
Combined capsTemporary and permanent partial benefits combined are capped at $202,297.46 for impairment of 19 percent or less and $328,049.94 for 20 percent or more.Division of Workers’ Compensation, 2026 Maximum Benefits Order
DisfigurementUp to $7,750.99, or $15,499.23 for extensive facial or body scars, burn scars or amputation stumps.Division of Workers’ Compensation, 2026 Maximum Benefits Order
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★ CO · reported workplace outcomes

What Colorado courts have awarded.

Real Colorado decisions and verdicts, each linked to the court record or official report.

  • Amerigas Propane v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office
    Colorado Court of Appeals · 2016
    Reopening denied; award vacated

    Victor England, a propane delivery driver, fell on ice in December 2012 and had a total shoulder replacement and a second surgery. He settled for $35,000 in September 2013 before reaching maximum medical improvement. When a related injury was discovered later, the judge reopened the settlement for mutual mistake, but the court held the agreement’s clear waiver of unknown injuries controlled and ordered the award vacated.

  • Bolton v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office
    Colorado Court of Appeals · 2019
    End of maintenance benefits affirmed

    Jennifer Bolton, a Cherry Creek teacher, fell backward at work in November 2013 and was diagnosed with a concussion and neck and low back strains, then with depression. She settled her permanent partial award in 2016 with ongoing maintenance care. After a psychiatrist questioned the link to the injury, the judge ended her psychological maintenance care, and the court held the employer did not need to reopen the claim to do so.

★ CO · workplace · in practice

What changes the number here.

What actually moves a workplace settlement in Colorado.

  1. 1

    Do not settle before you know the full injury. England’s waiver of unknown injuries kept his settlement closed.

  2. 2

    Maintenance care after settlement can still be challenged when a doctor questions the link to the injury, as Bolton learned.

  3. 3

    Earnings above $2,196.18 a week do not raise the benefit past the 2026 maximum.

★ CO · statute of limitations
2 years for personal injury; 3 years for motor vehicle

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-80-102

★ CO · fault rule
Modified comparative, 50% bar

Modified comparative, recovery barred at 50% claimant fault.

★ CO · caps

What caps recovery.

Statutory caps that may bear on a workplace settlement in Colorado.

★ workplace · same region & fault regime

Compare to like jurisdictions.

How Colorado's fault rule and limitation period compare to jurisdictions in the same US region and to those running the same fault rule for workplace claims.

JurisdictionFault ruleLimitationWorkplace page
Colorado · you are hereModified comparative, 50% bar2 years for personal injury; 3 years for motor vehicle—
HawaiiModified comparative, 51% bar2 years from date of injuryHI · workplace →
IdahoModified comparative, 50% bar2 years from date of injuryID · workplace →
MontanaModified comparative, 51% bar3 years from date of injuryMT · workplace →
NevadaModified comparative, 51% bar2 years for personal injury; 3 years for medical malpracticeNV · workplace →
OregonModified comparative, 51% bar2 years from date of injuryOR · workplace →
UtahModified comparative, 50% bar4 years for personal injury; 2 years for medical malpracticeUT · workplace →
GeorgiaModified comparative, 50% bar2 years from date of injuryGA · workplace →
KansasModified comparative, 50% bar2 years from date of injuryKS · workplace →
MaineModified comparative, 50% bar6 years for personal injury, longest in the USME · workplace →
NebraskaModified comparative, 50% bar4 years for personal injury; 2 years for medical malpracticeNE · workplace →
ConnecticutModified comparative, 51% bar2 years from date of injuryCT · workplace →
DelawareModified comparative, 51% bar2 years from date of injuryDE · workplace →
★ CO · workplace · frequently asked

Common questions.

Each answer is independently coherent and references the relevant statute or authority document.

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Sources

Checked 2026-09-29.

★ all of CO
Colorado overview

Fault rule, statute, caps, and key facts for Colorado as a whole.

★ national frame
Workplace in United States

Workplace band structure and severity tiers at the US level.

★ all 15 countries
Workplace · everywhere

Cross-jurisdiction comparison of workplace bands.

★ editorial note

Figures on this page are not quotes for any specific case. For representation, consult an attorney admitted in Colorado. See /methodology, /sources, and /disclaimer.