Colorado Personal Injury Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of Colorado or Court of Appeals of Colorado where the terms personal injury or related terms have been mentioned. These cases are not necessarily personal injury and may include cases where the facts or court decision merely mentions personal injury related legal terms. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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People v. Hockley - 11/2/1998
Original Proceeding in Discipline
EN BANC PUBLIC CENSURE
This is a lawyer discipline case. The respondent, Sandra D. Hockley, and the assistant disciplinary counsel executed a stipulation, agreement, and conditional...
Bowland v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office - 8/20/1998
Review of Order from the Industrial Claim Appeals Office of the State of Colorado
WC No. 4-002-781
ORDER SET ASIDE AND CAUSE REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS
Division II
In this workers' compensation proceeding, Howard...
Walcott v. Total Petroleum Inc. - 8/20/1998
Appeal from the District Court of the City and County of Denver
Honorable H. Jeffrey Bayless, Judge
No. 95CV3968
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED
Division II
Plaintiffs, Brenda and Dean Walcott, appeal the summary...
People v. Skaalerud - 8/10/1998
Original Proceeding in Discipline
ATTORNEY DISBARRED
The deputy disciplinary counsel and L. Crosby Skaalerud, the respondent in this lawyer discipline case, executed a stipulation, agreement, and conditional admission of...
Black Roofing v. West - 8/6/1998
Review of Order from the Industrial Claim Appeals Office of the State of Colorado
WC No. 4-310-363
ORDER AFFIRMED
Division V
In this workers' compensation proceeding, Black Roofing, Inc. (employer), and its...
Wallman v. Kelley - 8/6/1998
Appeal from the District Court of the City and County of Denver
Honorable Paul A. Markson, Jr., Judge
No. 95CV369
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND CAUSE REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS
Division IV ...
Boryla v. Pash - 6/15/1998
Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals
EN BANC AND CASE REMANDED
JUSTICE SCOTT and JUSTICE KOURLIS do not participate.
We granted certiorari to review the court of appeals decision in Boryla v. Pash, 937 P.2d 813...
Raitz v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. - 6/8/1998
Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals
EN BANC
REMANDED WITH INSTRUCTIONS
CHIEF JUSTICE VOLLACK Dissents.
We granted certiorari in Raitz v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., 944 P.2d 657 (Colo....
Forma Scientific Inc. v. Biosera Inc. - 6/1/1998
EN BANC
CHIEF JUSTICE VOLLACK Dissents.
JUSTICE KOURLIS does not participate.
We granted certiorari in BioSera, Inc. v. Forma Scientific, Inc., 941 P.2d 284 (Colo. App. 1996), a strict products liability case...
Claire v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. - 5/28/1998
Appeal from the District Court of the City and County of Denver
Honorable Connie L. Peterson, Judge
No. 96CV3948
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED
Division I
In this declaratory judgment action, plaintiff, Elly Claire,...
Acree v. Mid-Century Insurance - 5/28/1998
Appeal from the District Court of Montezuma County
Honorable Sharon L. Hansen, Judge
No. 95CV102
JUDGMENT REVERSED AND CAUSE REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS
Division I
In this action to recover personal injury...
Hansen v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. - 5/18/1998
Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals
EN BANC
This appeal arises out of a jury verdict for Petitioner, Linda Hansen, on her claims against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) for breach of...
Brill v. Hughes - 5/14/1998
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED
Division IV
Ruland and Vogt, JJ., concur
In this declaratory judgment action arising from the death of the parties' minor daughter, Diana M. Hughes (mother) appeals the summary judgment entered in...
Middleton v. Beckett - 5/14/1998
CAUSE REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS
Division V
Rothenberg and Kapelke, JJ., concur
In this personal injury action, plaintiffs, Edward W. Middleton (husband) and his wife, Nancy Middleton, appeal the judgment entered on a...
Christian v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company - 12/26/1997
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED
Metzger and Plank, JJ., concur
In this action for breach of an insurance contract, bad faith breach of an insurance contract, and outrageous conduct, plaintiffs, Kurt Christian and Anne Dicken, appeal from...
People v. Roybal - 12/15/1997
Original Proceedings in Discipline
EN BANC
ATTORNEY DISBARRED
We consolidate two lawyer disciplinary proceedings in one opinion and order. In No. 97SA240, a hearing panel of the supreme court grievance committee...
Conners v. City of Colorado Springs - 12/11/1997
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND CAUSE REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS
Marquez and Taubman, JJ., concur
This appeal by plaintiff, Kathleen F. Conners, from the judgment dismissing her complaint against defendant,...
Martinez v. Allstate Insurance Company - 12/11/1997
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED
Ruland and Kapelke, JJ., concur
This is a declaratory judgment proceeding involving an interpretation of the Colorado Auto Accident Reparations Act (Nofault Act), Section10-4-701, et seq., C.R.S. 1997....
Estate of Kronemeyer - 11/13/1997
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART AND CAUSE REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS
Sternberg, C.J. and Roy, J. concur
Plaintiffs, Estate of Daniel Kronemeyer (decedent) and his natural children, Barbara Clark and Daniel Jayson...
Loza v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. - 11/13/1997
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED
Ney and Marquez, JJ., concur
Defendant, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm), appeals the summary judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff, Corazon Loza, (insured) for $6,423.90...
City of Colorado Springs v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office - 11/13/1997
Division II
ORDER SET ASIDE AND CAUSE REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS
Davidson and Pierce, JJ., concur
The City of Colorado Springs, a self-insured employer, (employer) seeks review of a final order of the Industrial Claim...
Adams v. Farmers Insurance Group - 11/13/1997
Appeal from the District Court of the City and County of Denver
Honorable Connie L. Peterson, Judge
No. 94CV1710
ORDER REVERSED
Opinion by JUDGE ROTHENBERG
Criswell and Davidson, JJ., concur ...
Allstate Insurance Co. v. Avis Rent-A-Car System Inc - 11/10/1997
Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals
EN BANC
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED
JUSTICE HOBBS delivered the Opinion of the Court.
JUSTICE MULLARKEY concurs in the Opinion of the Court as to Parts I, II.A., II.B., and III,...
Travelers Indem. Co. of Illinois v. Mid-Century Ins. Co. - 10/30/1997
Opinion Modified, and as Modified, Petition for Rehearing DENIED December 11, 1997.
Rehearing Denied December 11, 1997.
Released For Publication August 26, 1998.
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED
Opinion by JUDGE HUME. Jones...
People v. Derose - 9/22/1997
Original Proceeding in Discipline
EN BANC
PER CURIAM
This is a lawyer discipline proceeding where a hearing panel of the supreme court grievance committee approved the findings and recommendation of a hearing board...
Vaughan v. McMinn - 9/22/1997
EN BANC
JUSTICE BENDER delivered the Opinion of the Court.
CHIEF JUSTICE VOLLACK Dissents.
This proceeding under C.A.R. 50 is the consolidation of two lawsuits, each involving an insured who filed a common law tort...
Gerrity Oil & Gas Corp. v. Magness - 9/15/1997
EN BANC
JUSTICE MARTINEZ delivered the Opinion of the Court.
CHIEF JUSTICE VOLLACK concurs in part and Dissents in part.
JUSTICE BENDER does not participate.
We granted certiorari to review the court of appeals...
Trevino v. HHL Financial Services Inc. - 9/15/1997
EN BANC
JUSTICE KOURLIS delivered the Opinion of the Court.
JUSTICE SCOTT does not participate.
This case raises the question of whether a hospital enforcing its statutory lien for medical services upon proceeds of a...
Gorab v. Zook - 6/30/1997
EN BANC
JUSTICE SCOTT delivered the Opinion of the Court.
We granted certiorari to review the judgment of the court of appeals in Zook v. Gorab, No. 93CA0886, slip op. (Colo. App. Sept. 28, 1995) (not selected for official...
Whitenhill v. Kaiser Permanente - 6/26/1997
In this wrongful death action, plaintiffs, Gwen and William Whitenhill, seek review of the summary judgment granted in favor of defendants, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado, Dr. Joe Marion, Dr. Michael Gibson, Dr. Carol...
Colorado Mental Health Institute v. Austill - 6/26/1997
In this workers' compensation case, petitioners, Colorado Mental Health Institute and its insurer, the Colorado Compensation Insurance Authority (CCIA), seek review of a final order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Office (Panel) which...
Bailey v. Huggins Diagnostic & Rehabilitation Center Inc. - 6/26/1997
Opinion by JUDGE CRISWELL
Plaintiff, Diane Bailey, instituted this action against defendants, Gino Ortegon, D.D.S., and Hal A. Huggins, D.D.S., both of whom were employed by defendant Huggins Diagnostic and Rehabilitation Center,...
Robert C. Ozer - 6/23/1997
EN BANC
CHIEF JUSTICE VOLLACK delivered the Opinion of the Court.
JUSTICE HOBBS and JUSTICE BENDER do not participate.
We granted certiorari to review the court of appeals decision in Borquez v. Ozer, 923 P.2d 166...
Bredemeier v. Farmers Insurance Exchange - 6/5/1997
In this action to recover personal injury protection (PIP) benefits under an automobile insurance policy, defendant, Farmers Insurance Exchange (Farmers), appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff, Audrey Bredemeier, following a...
Carlisle v. Farmers Insurance Exchange - 3/20/1997
In this declaratory judgment action, plaintiff, Anne Carlisle, appeals the summary judgment entered in favor of the defendant, Farmers Insurance Exchange (Farmers). We affirm.
In August of 1993, Carlisle was a passenger in a car...
Dallas Creek Water Co. v. Huey - 3/10/1997
EN BANC
JUSTICE HOBBS delivered the Opinion of the Court.
JUSTICE MULLARKEY Dissents.
This appeal is from an order of the Water Court for Water Division No. 4 cancelling a conditional water right for purported failure...
Tucker v. Gorman - 3/6/1997
Plaintiff, Janice K. Tucker, appeals from the district court's judgment that dismissed her "Medicaid assignment" claim. We reverse and remand for entry of judgment in favor of plaintiff.
Plaintiff was struck by a motor vehicle...
Ogunwo v. American National Insurance Co. - 3/6/1997
Plaintiff, Bankole A. Ogunwo, appeals from a summary judgment in favor of defendant, American National Insurance Company (ANIC), ruling that he did not have standing to assert his wrongful termination claims against defendant because...
People v. Campbell - 2/24/1997
Original Proceeding in Discipline
EN BANC
PER CURIAM
This lawyer discipline proceeding comes to us on a stipulation, agreement, and conditional admission of misconduct between the respondent and the deputy...
Burlington Northern Railroad Co. v. Stone Container Corp. - 2/20/1997
Plaintiff, Burlington Northern Railroad Company (railroad), appeals the award of damages on its judgment for indemnification against defendant, Stone Container Corporation (landowner). The landowner cross-appeals the judgment. We...
Keith v. Valdez - 2/20/1997
In this personal injury action, plaintiff, Darcy Joan Keith, appeals from a judgment entered upon a motion for directed verdict in favor of defendants, Anthony Manuel Valdez and Keystone Resorts Management, Inc. (Keystone). We reverse...
Smith v. Winter - 2/6/1997
In this medical malpractice action, defendants, William G. Winter, M.D., Rick Pfeiffer, M.D., Kirk Kinsfater, M.D., Andrew Brown, M.D., William Montgomery, M.D., and Robert Roland M.D., appeal the denial of their motion to dismiss the...
Brothers v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office - 2/6/1997
The issue in this workers' compensation case is whether, in determining permanent total disability under § 8-40-201(16.5)(a), C.R.S. (1996 Cum. Supp.), access to employment in the labor market where the claimant resides is a factor to...
Roemmich v. Lutheran Hospitals & Homes Society of America - 12/27/1996
Plaintiffs, Bruce and Pamela Roemmich, appeal the judgment entered by the trial court dismissing their claims against defendant, Lutheran Hospitals & Homes Society of America, for breach of the parties' settlement agreement. We...
Brush Greenhouse Partners v. Godinez - 12/27/1996
The issue in this workers' compensation case is whether, in determining permanent total disability under § 8-40-201(16.5)(a), C.R.S. (1996 Cum. Supp.), access to employment in the labor market where the claimant resides is a factor...
Kildahl v. Tagge - 12/27/1996
This is a wrongful death action based upon alleged medical malpractice in the treatment of plaintiffs' mother by defendants, Gordon Tagge, M.D., Merlin Otteman, M.D., and Thomas G. Chiavetta, M.D. Plaintiffs, Cherie, Susan, Donald,...
Colby v. Progressive Casualty Insurance Co. - 12/16/1996
EN BANC
In Colby v. Progressive Casualty Insurance Company, 908 P.2d 1170 (Colo. App. 1995), the court of appeals held that respondent, Progressive Casualty Insurance Company (Progressive), satisfied its obligations to pay...
People v. Vigil - 12/16/1996
Original Proceeding in Discipline
EN BANC
A hearing panel of the supreme court grievance committee approved the findings and recommendations of a hearing board that the respondent in this lawyer discipline proceeding be...
All Around Transport Inc. v. Continental Western Insurance Co - 12/12/1996
Opinion by JUDGE CRISWELL
In this dispute over a lost truckload of potatoes, defendant, Continental Western Insurance Company (Continental), appeals, and plaintiffs, All Around Transportation, Inc., (broker) and Sanderson Farms,...
Sneath v. Express Messenger Service - 12/12/1996
Opinion by JUDGE CRISWELL
Claimant, Greg A. Sneath, seeks review of an order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Office (Panel) that allowed Colorado Compensation Insurance Authority (CCIA) to offset against its liability for...
Spaur v. Allstate Insurance Co. - 12/12/1996
Opinion by JUDGE DAVIDSON
This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment entered by the trial court in favor of defendant, Allstate Insurance Company, which determined that plaintiff, Richard E. Spaur, was not entitled to payment...
Martinez v. Lewis - 11/29/1996
Plaintiff, Yolanda Martinez, appeals the summary judgment in favor of defendant Frederick A. Lewis, Jr., M.D., (Lewis) (now Estate of Frederick A. Lewis, Jr., and Jeanne C. Lewis, by substitution) in which the court held that Lewis,...
United Cable Television of Jeffco Inc. v. Montgomery LC Inc. - 11/29/1996
In this indemnification action, plaintiff, United Cable Television of Jeffco, Inc., (United) appeals the dismissal before trial of its indemnity claim against defendant, Montgomery LC, Inc., f/k/a Montgomery Line Construction Company...
People v. Cappelli - 11/18/1996
EN BANC
CHIEF JUSTICE VOLLACK
In this interlocutory appeal, the People seek review of an order entered by the Jefferson County District Court finding no probable cause for the arrest of the respondent, Jason Cappelli...
Colorado Permanente Medical Group - 11/12/1996
EN BANC
Susan Evans (Evans) brought a medical malpractice and wrongful death suit arising out of the death of her husband, Michael Evans (decedent), against Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (Kaiser), Colorado Permanente Medical...
Shootman v. Department of Transportation - 11/4/1996
EN BANC
The issue in this case is whether the State of Colorado (State) is exempt from statutes of limitation under the doctrine of nullum tempus occurrit regi (time does not run against the king). The State brought an action...
Walcott v. District Court - 9/23/1996
EN BANC
We issued a rule pursuant to C.A.R. 21 directing the District Court for the City and County of Denver (district court) to show cause why it did not err when it ruled that it lacked authority to permit Brenda Walcott, a...
Lascano v. Vowell - 9/5/1996
In this negligence action arising out of an automobile accident, plaintiff, Rebecca N. Lascano, appeals the portion of the judgment entered on a jury verdict against defendant, Gloria M. Vowell, which awarded her non-economic damages...
Thompson v. Budget Rent-A-Car Systems - 9/5/1996
Rehearing Denied Oct. 10, 1996.
Certiorari Denied Aug. 11, 1997.
In this insurance coverage dispute, defendant, Budget Rent-A-Car Systems, Inc. (Budget), appeals from the partial summary judgment entered in favor of...
AVIS Rent-A-Car System Inc. v. Allstate Insurance Co. - 6/27/1996
In this action for declaratory judgment, defendant, Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate), appeals the order of the trial court denying its motion for summary judgment and granting that of plaintiff, Avis Rent-A-Car System, Inc....
Nyland v. Brock - 6/27/1996
Defendants, Vernalee Brock and the Regional Transportation District (collectively RTD), bring this interlocutory appeal from the trial court's determination that the action brought by plaintiff, Travis Nyland, was not barred on the...
Price v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office - 6/17/1996
EN BANC
We granted certiorari to review the decisions of the court of appeals in Price v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office, No. 94CA0555 (Colo. App. Apr. 20, 1995), and City of Northglenn v. Eltrich, No. 94CA1328 (Colo. App. June...
Bigby v. Big 3 Supply Co. - 6/13/1996
In this action premised, inter alia, on an alleged violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. (1994), plaintiff, Roland Bigby, appeals the summary judgment entered in favor of his employer, Big 3...
Regional Transportation District v. Lopez - 5/20/1996
EN BANC
We granted certiorari to review Lopez v. Regional Transportation District, 899 P.2d 254 (Colo. App. 1994). Jose Lopez brought this action against the Regional Transportation District (RTD) pursuant to the Colorado...
Miller v. Accelerated Bureau of Collections Inc. - 5/16/1996
Defendants, Accelerated Bureau of Collections, Inc., and John G. Schanck (collectively ABC), appeal the trial court's judgment awarding plaintiffs, Coy and Brenda Miller (the Millers), damages under the Fair Debt Collection Practices...
Bunting v. Regional Transportation District - 5/16/1996
In this action to recover personal injury protection (PIP) benefits, defendant, Regional Transportation District (RTD), appeals the trial court's judgment awarding plaintiff, Ivory Bunting, $13,500 in attorney fees. We reverse and...
Bogue v. Sdi Corp. - 5/16/1996
In this workers' compensation case, the issue is whether claimant, Edward Bogue, is entitled to an award of a wheelchair-accessible van as a compensable medical benefit. We affirm the Panel's order which determined that the evidence,...
Rojhani v. Arenson - 5/16/1996
Plaintiffs, Ira J. and Sherri L. Rojhani (parents), individually and as parents and next friends of Seth Rojhani, a minor (child), appeal the trial court's dismissal of their claims against defendants, Edward Arenson and Carol Rumack....
Guevara v. Foxhoven - 5/2/1996
In this personal injury action, defendant, Donald P. Foxhoven, appeals from the judgment in favor of plaintiff, Wilfredo A. Guevara, and from the denial of a C.R.C.P. 60(b) motion to vacate the judgment. We dismiss the appeal in part...
McNaughton & Rodgers v. Besser - 5/2/1996
Defendant, Bruce Besser, appeals the district court judgment confirming an arbitrator's award settling his fee dispute and malpractice claims against plaintiffs, McNaughton & Rodgers and Stutz & Miller. We affirm.
Besser...
Bowen v. Farmers Insurance Exchange - 5/2/1996
In this action for recovery of underinsured motorist (UIM) benefits, plaintiff, Janice Bailey Bowen, challenges the amount of prejudgment interest that the trial court awarded in her favor and against defendant, Farmers Insurance...
People v. Calvert - 4/29/1996
Original Proceeding in Discipline
EN BANC
Per Curiam
This is a lawyer discipline case. The respondent has admitted in a stipulation, agreement and conditional admission of misconduct, C.R.C.P. 241.18, that he...
Lira v. Shelter Insurance Co. - 3/25/1996
EN BANC
We granted certiorari to review the decision of the court of appeals in Lira v. Shelter Insurance Co., No. 93CA0663 (Colo. App. Dec. 29, 1994), which held that when an insured's only claimed damages are the outstanding...
Buckhannon v. U.S. West Communications Inc. - 3/21/1996
Plaintiff, Robert L. Buckhannon, appeals a summary judgment entered in favor of defendant, U.S. West Communications, Inc., dismissing his claims for intentional interference with contract, malicious prosecution, and abuse of process....
Farmers Insurance Exchange v. Dotson - 3/18/1996
Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals
EN BANC
We granted certiorari to review the court of appeals opinion in Dotson v. Estate of Pearson, 903 P.2d 19 (Colo. App. 1994), holding that a named insured exclusion in an...
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