Specialty Restaurants Corp. and Colorado Insurance Guaranty Associati — Rice, J., Concurring in Part and Dissenting…

Summary

Justice Rice concurred in part and dissented in part, agreeing that the 2007 amendment lacked clear legislative intent to apply retroactively but disagreeing that it was merely procedural. She reasoned that doubling the immediately available lump-sum payment altered vested rights and liabilities, so the law in effect when Nelson was injured governed and her award was capped at the amount already received. The dissent would have denied Nelson's request for additional benefits.