Tompkins v. DeLeon

595 P.2d 242 (1979)

Jeffrey I. TOMPKINS, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Jose Ruperto del Valle, Deceased, Petitioner,

v.

Marie DeLEON and Linda DeLeon, Respondents.

No. C-1487.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

May 29, 1979.

J. Stephen Mullen, L. Dan Rector, Colorado Springs, for petitioner.

James Robert Barash, Patric J. LeHouillier, Colorado Springs, for respondents.

GROVES, Justice.

We granted certiorari to consider the court of appeals' decision, Colo.App., 576 P.2d 563 (1977), interpreting the Dead Man's Statute. We reverse.

The respondents, Marie and Linda DeLeon, suffered bodily…