ALJ Has Jurisdiction to Determine Whether Employer Overpaid Benefits

The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that an administrative law judge had jurisdiction to determine whether an employer made an overpayment after it issued an admission of liability for a specific amount of disability benefits. Kevin Atencio worked for Rio Grande County. He suffered an injury to his right shoulder in February 2020. A doctor placed him at maximum medical improvement in January 2022, and he was assigned a 17% upper extremity impairment rating. The county filed an admission of liability for $11,347.02 in partial permanent disability benefits, but it claimed that Atencio ha...