Source: https://cbaclelegalconnection.com/2017/03/06/
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 06:34:37+00:00

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The Colorado Supreme Court issued its opinion in In re Ferrer v. Okbamicael on Monday, February 27, 2017.
In this original proceeding under C.A.R. 21, the Colorado Supreme Court reviewed trial court orders dismissing plaintiff’s direct negligence claims against an employer that acknowledged vicarious liability for its employee’s negligence, and denying plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend her complaint to add exemplary damages against the employer and the employee. The court adopted the rule articulated in McHaffie v. Bunch, 891 S.W.2d 19 822 (Mo. 1995), which held that an employer’s admission of vicarious liability for an employee’s negligence bars a plaintiff’s direct negligence claims against the employer. The court declined to adopt an exception to this rule where the plaintiff seeks exemplary damages against the employer. The court concluded that the trial court did not err in dismissing plaintiff’s direct negligence claims against the employer or in denying plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend the complaint to add exemplary damages. The court therefore affirmed the trial court orders and discharged the rule to show cause.
The Colorado Supreme Court issued its opinion in In re Goodman v. Heritage Builders, Inc. on Monday, February 27, 2017.
Construction Defects—Statute of Repose—Statute of Limitations.
In this case, the Colorado Supreme Court considered the parameters for timeliness of third-party claims in construction defect cases. The court concluded that such claims are timely, irrespective of both the two-year statute of limitations in C.R.S. § 13-80-102 and the six-year statute of repose in C.R.S. § 13-80-104(1)(a), so long as they are brought at before the 90-day time frame outlined in C.R.S. § 13-80-104(1)(b)(II). Accordingly, the court made its rule to show cause absolute.
On Friday, March 3, 2017, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals issued one published opinion and five unpublished opinions.

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