Court Opinion

ID: 9622325
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 06:15:38.110865+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:01:08.282687
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE SCOTT
concurring:
I join in the judgment of the majority. Under these facts, Yolanda Martinez cannot bring a cause of action under the Colorado Consumer Protection Act (CCPA). Here, Frederick Lewis’ misrepresentations as to his competence were conveyed to State Farm, and not to Martinez. Thus, his misrepresentations did not result in any harm caused by conduct prohibited by the CCPA, and, therefore, Martinez cannot establish a causal link between Lewis’ misrepresentations and her injury, such that she would enjoy standing under the CCPA. In Hall v. Walter, 969 P.2d 224 (Colo.1998) (Scott, J, dissenting), the plaintiffs proved injury as a result of trespass, but the record did not reflect injury to their property as a consequence of any CCPA violation. Thus, in my view, in Hall, trespass damages were imper-missibly trebled by the trial court. Here, similarly, Martinez did not claim injury caused by a deceptive trade practice, and therefore cannot recover under the CCPA.
Under my reading of our CCPA, where a plaintiff fails to prove a causal connection between a deceptive trade practice and actual damages, such damages cannot be trebled, nor any recovery effected. Accordingly, I concur with the judgment of the majority.