Court Opinion

ID: 9789511
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 01:37:22.931312+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:37:22.808894
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Judge DUBOFSKY
specially concurring:
I concur with the result reached by the majority, but write separately to stress that this case is limited to a narrow fact situation.
Here, the evidence shows the driver was aware that pedestrians were walking near his vehicle. We are therefore not deciding if there is a duty for a passenger to warn the driver where the passenger sees an *1126upcoming hazard and also knows the driver is unaware of the hazard. That circumstance presents a more compelling situation for imposing a duty to warn on the passenger. See University of Denver v. Whitlock, 744 P.2d 54 (Colo.1987) (fn. 3); 3 F. Harper, F. James, and O. Gray, The Law of Torts § 18.6 (2d ed. 1986).