Legal Opinion
Tozer v. Scott Wetzel Services, Inc.
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided March 10, 1994No. 92CA2105PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge CRISWELL.
Defendant, Scott Wetzel Services, Inc., appeals the judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff, Edward Tozer. We reverse.
The trial here was held in accordance with the remand order entered in Scott Wetzel Services, Inc. v. Johnson, 821 P.2d 804 (Colo.1991). There our supreme court affirmed the conclusion of panels of this court that an independent claims adjusting company, such as defendant, owes a duty of good faith to a client’s injured employee in investigating and processing a workers’ compensation claim, notwithstanding an absence of any contractual…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Travelers Insurance Co. v. SavioSupreme Court of Colorado · 1985
- Farmers Group, Inc. v. TrimbleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
- Western United Realty, Inc. v. IsaacsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
- Scott Wetzel Services, Inc. v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1991
- Colorado Supply Co., Inc. v. StewartColorado Court of Appeals · 1990
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