Legal Opinion

Sommermeyer v. Price

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided December 3, 1979No. C-1679, C-1703PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lee

Certiorari was granted to review the decision of the Colorado Court of Appeals in Price v. Sommermeyer, 41 Colo. App. 147, 584 P.2d 1220 (1978). We affirm.

This is a wrongful death action brought by plaintiffs against a special administrator of their mother’s estate to recover damages for the death of plaintiffs’ father who was killed in an automobile accident which occurred in Colorado on August 4, 1973. Both the mother and the father were domiciliaries of Nebraska at the time of the accident. The mother was driving the father’s automobile in which the father was riding as a passenger when…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Estate of Randall v. Colorado State HospitalSupreme Court of Colorado · 1968
  2. Belancsik v. Overlake Memorial HospitalWashington Supreme Court · 1971
  3. Safeco Insurance Company of America v. GonachaSupreme Court of Colorado · 1960
  4. Moore v. SkilesSupreme Court of Colorado · 1954
  5. Price Ex Rel. Metcalf v. SommermeyerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1978

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Matter of Estate of DaigleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1981
  2. Kussman v. City and County of DenverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1985
  3. Public Service Co. of Colorado v. BarnhillSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
  4. Denver Water Department Credit Union v. Estate of OngaroSupreme Court of Colorado · 2000
  5. Wells v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1988

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