Legal Opinion
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Sanditen
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided April 4, 1985No. 84CA0066PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STERNBERG, Judge.
In December 1979, the defendant, Edward Sanditen, was involved in an automobile accident in Colorado in which one Jim Shaw was injured. Shaw collected $5,580 for damage to his car under his collision coverage with the plaintiff State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. Shaw sued both the defendant and the State of Colorado to recover other damages resulting from the accident. Following resolution of that action by a compromise settlement, Shaw signed a general release of all claims for damages arising out of that accident.
Subsequently, State Farm filed this sub-rogation…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Associates Transports, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1973
- Torres v. PortillosSupreme Court of Colorado · 1981
- Bernhard v. DelluaitanteCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1935
3Cited by10 opinions
- Gaylen Christensen and Mary Christensen, Husband and Wife, and Workers Compensation Fund of Utah v. Oshkosh Truck Corporation, a Wisconsin CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
- Farmers Insurance Group of Companies v. MartinezNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1988
- Van Schaack Holdings, Ltd. v. FulenwiderColorado Court of Appeals · 1989
- Swanson v. Precision Sales & Service, Inc.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1992
- Osborne v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1996
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