Supreme Court of Colorado October 7, 1991, 90SC504 (County Workers Compensation Pool v. Davis)

Justice QUINN

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The question in this case is whether a workers’ compensation insurer that has paid workers’ compensation benefits to a worker for injuries sustained in the course of employment may be assessed a portion of the worker’s attorney fees and court costs incurred in prosecuting a tort claim against the person who caused the worker’s injuries when the