City and County of Denver v. Lee, No. 23435
| Docket Nº | No. 23435 |
| Citation | 450 P.2d 352, 168 Colo. 208 |
| Case Date | February 17, 1969 |
| Court | Supreme Court of Colorado |
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Fund, Plaintiffs in Error,
v.
Benjamin M. LEE, III, and Industrial Commission of Colorado,
Defendants in Error.
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Alious Rockett, Francis L. Bury, Feay Burton Smith, Jr., Denver, for plaintiffs in error.Berman, Lilly, Friedrichs & Young, J. Bayard Young, Denver, for defendant in error, Benjamin M. Lee, III.
Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., John P. Moore and Peter L. Dye, Asst. Attys. Gen., Denver, for defendant in error, Industrial Commission of Colorado.
GROVES, Justice.
This is a workmen's compensation case in which the defendant in error Lee was the claimant. Claimant, a police officer, sustained a back injury while playing on the Denver Police Department basketball team, and the question is whether he was then within the scope of his employment. The Industrial Commission found that he was and the district court affirmed this determination. We also affirm.
The Denver Police Protective Association (here called the 'association') was a
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sponsor of the basketball team upon which claimant was a member. The association was and is composed entirely of members of the Denver police force. Membership in the association is voluntary and 90% To 95% Of the police officers belong to it. It is incorporated and has as its purpose to promote in various ways matters for the benefit of the police department and its members. The association and the police [168 Colo. 211] department are completely separate organizations. The Chief of Police testified that the reason for linking the basketball team with the association was that the latter provided the funds necessary to pay for the activities of the team. He further testified that the police department was co-sponsor of the team and that the practices of, and the games played by, the team were athletic events approved by him. At the time of the claimant's injury the following regulation of the Denver Police Department was in effect:'Officers participating on an approved athletic team or other group of recreational activity under the name of the Denver Police Department shall be considered on duty and subject to the rulings and discipline of the Chief of Police or other officers delegated to act as coaches or managers.'
Other testimony given in support of the claim was to the following effect: Participation in this athletic endeavor benefits the police department in that it tends to keep the participants physically fit and creates good public relations. When officers were scheduled to be on duty at the time of a game, they were permitted to take the time off necessary for participation in the game without any penalty or deduction in pay. Other members of this basketball team, who were injured during games, had been compensated under the Workmen's Compensation Act. In this particular instance the Police Pension Board awarded claimant's pension 'bank' with the days he missed because of the injury, i.e., this was treated as if he had been injured on duty and in the course...
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...that Colorado courts should consider in any WCA analysis. Messina, 874 P.2d at 1063 (citing e.g., City & County of Denver v. Lee, 168 Colo. 208, 450 P.2d 352, 355 (1969)); see also Tri-State Commodities, Inc. v. Stewart, 689 P.2d 712, 714 (Colo.Ct.App.1984) (holding claim compensable becaus......
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...of which the injury arose." Dorsch v. Industrial Comm'n, 33 Colo.App. 168, 518 P.2d 954 (1973) (quoting City and County of Denver v. Lee, 168 Colo. 208, 213, 450 P.2d 352, 355 (1969); O'Leary v. Brown-Pacific-Maxon, Inc., 340 U.S. 504, 507, 71 S.Ct. 470, 472, 95 L.Ed. 483 (1951)) (citations......
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Nadeau v. Town of South Berwick
...Bell Tel. Co. v. Industrial Comm'n, 61 Ill.2d 139, 334 N.E.2d 136 (1975); company basketball games, City and County of Denver v. Lee, 168 Colo. 208, 450 P.2d 352 (1969); fishing trips, Linderman v. Cownie Furs, 234 Iowa 708, 13 N.W.2d 677 (1944); and golf outings, Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Mont......
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Dorsch v. Industrial Commission, C--476
...whether participation was required; (4) whether the employer took the initiative in sponsoring the recreational activity. Denver v. Lee, 168 Colo. 208, 450 P.2d 352 (1969); Lindsay v. Public Service Co., 146 Colo. 579, 362 P.2d 407 (1961); Industrial Commission v. Day, As a reading of those......
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Fry v. Airline Pilots Ass'n, Intern., s. 94-1509
...that Colorado courts should consider in any WCA analysis. Messina, 874 P.2d at 1063 (citing e.g., City & County of Denver v. Lee, 168 Colo. 208, 450 P.2d 352, 355 (1969)); see also Tri-State Commodities, Inc. v. Stewart, 689 P.2d 712, 714 (Colo.Ct.App.1984) (holding claim compensable becaus......
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Maryland Cas. Co. v. Messina, 93SC172
...of which the injury arose." Dorsch v. Industrial Comm'n, 33 Colo.App. 168, 518 P.2d 954 (1973) (quoting City and County of Denver v. Lee, 168 Colo. 208, 213, 450 P.2d 352, 355 (1969); O'Leary v. Brown-Pacific-Maxon, Inc., 340 U.S. 504, 507, 71 S.Ct. 470, 472, 95 L.Ed. 483 (1951)) (citations......
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Nadeau v. Town of South Berwick
...Bell Tel. Co. v. Industrial Comm'n, 61 Ill.2d 139, 334 N.E.2d 136 (1975); company basketball games, City and County of Denver v. Lee, 168 Colo. 208, 450 P.2d 352 (1969); fishing trips, Linderman v. Cownie Furs, 234 Iowa 708, 13 N.W.2d 677 (1944); and golf outings, Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Mont......
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Dorsch v. Industrial Commission, C--476
...whether participation was required; (4) whether the employer took the initiative in sponsoring the recreational activity. Denver v. Lee, 168 Colo. 208, 450 P.2d 352 (1969); Lindsay v. Public Service Co., 146 Colo. 579, 362 P.2d 407 (1961); Industrial Commission v. Day, As a reading of those......