Legal Opinion
Schafer v. Hoffman
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided June 22, 1992No. 91SC225PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vollack
Petitioner, Larry Schafer (Schafer), petitions from a court of appeals decision in Hoffman v. Schafer, 815 P.2d 971 (Colo.App.1991). The court of appeals affirmed the judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of Shirley Hoffman (Hoffman) in the amount of $715,000. We affirm.
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On January 15, 1988, Schafer struck Hoffman, a pedestrian, with his vehicle. Schafer was under the influence of alcohol and drugs at the time of the collision. As a result of the collision, Hoffman sustained numerous injuries, including a compression fracture in a spinal vertebra, a concussion with intracranial…
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