Legal Opinion
Board of County Commissioners v. Moreland
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided November 28, 1988No. 86SC181PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOHR, Justice.
The respondent, Frederick More-land, became a paraplegic as a result of a fall from an unenclosed deck of a cabin located near Durango. He brought suit in negligence against the County of La Plata (County)1 based upon the failure of the *813County to require that a guardrail be constructed around the deck, as mandated by the County’s building code. A jury trial was held, after which the trial court entered judgment on a verdict in favor of Moreland. The County appealed to the Colorado Court of Appeals, which affirmed the judgment. Moreland v. Bd. of County Comm’rs, 725 P.2d 1…
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