The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that the state comp system lacked jurisdiction to award benefits to a resident who was injured while working out of state for an employer who maintained no business presence within the state.
Case: Youngquist Brothers Oil & Gas v. Miner, No.16SC283, 02/21/2017, published.
Facts: Travis Miner, a Colorado resident, applied for a job with Youngquist Brothers Oil & Gas in December 2013.
A representative from Youngquist called Miner and hired him over the phone.
Youngquist then purchased Miner a plane ticket to North Dakota.
After he arrived in North Da...
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