Colorado Revised Statutes

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-43-310 (2024)

Error disregarded unless prejudicial

✓ C.R.S. 2024: the 2025 and 2026 sessions are not included
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The appeal shall be upon the record returned to the court by the industrial claim appeals office. Upon the hearing of any such action, the court shall disregard any irregularity or error of the director or the panel unless it affirmatively appears that the party complaining was damaged thereby.

Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 511, § 1, effective July 1.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 8-53-122 as it existed prior to 1990.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1992–2026 · leading case: AVIADO v. Indus. Claim Appeals Off., 228 P.3d 177 (Colo. Ct. App. 2009).
AVIADO v. Indus. Claim Appeals Off., 228 P.3d 177 (Colo. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “See § 8-43-310, C.R.S.2008 (appellate court shall disregard any irregularity or error that does not affirmatively appear to have damaged the complaining party).”
Popke v. Indus. Claim Appeals Off., 944 P.2d 677 (Colo. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “See § 8-43-310, C.R.S. (1996 Cum.Supp.) (harmless error is disregarded).”
Hargett v. Dir., Div. of Labor, 854 P.2d 1316 (Colo. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “See § 8-43-310, C.R.S. (1992 Cum.Supp.). Therefore, we affirm the denial of claimant’s petition to reopen.”
El Paso Cnty. Dep't of Soc. Servs. v. Donn, 865 P.2d 877 (Colo. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 3× “Section 8-43-310, C.R.S. (1992 Cum.Supp.).”
Mountain Meadows Nursing Ctr. v. Indus. Claim Appeals Off. of Colorado, 990 P.2d 1090 (Colo. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “See § 8-43-310, C.R.S.1998. The order of the Panel is affirmed.”
L.E.L. Constr. v. Goode, 849 P.2d 876 (Colo. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “See § 8-43-310, C.R.S. (1992 Cum.Supp.). The orders of the Panel disallowing an offset for mother’s benefits, allowing claimant Goode to recoup the improper offset to the date of her husband’s death, with interest, and concluding that decedent Travis’ death is compensable, are…”
El Paso Cnty. DSS v. Donn, 865 P.2d 877 (Colo. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 3× “Section 8-43-310, C.R.S. (1992 Cum.Supp.).”
Alvarez-Velasquez v. ICAO, No. 25CA1243 (Colo. Ct. App. Mar. 19, 2026). · cites it 2× “See § 8-43-310, C.R.S. 2025 (“[T]he court shall disregard any irregularity or error .”
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