Heafer v. DENVER-BOULDER BUS COMPANY

The sole issue presented by this writ of error is whether the trial court should have permitted the jury to consider the doctrine of comparative negligence in determining the liability of the defendant.

Plaintiff, Harold J. Heafer, made claim in the District Court of Denver County against Denver-Boulder Bus Company for damages arising out of a bus-auto collision which occurred in Boulder Canyon on March 7, 1967. At the conclusion of the evidence the court submitted the issues of negligence, contributory negligence, last clear chance, causation and damages to the jury. The court refused to…