Board of Directors, Metro Wastewater Reclamation District v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh

Pursuant to C.A.R. 50, we granted certio-rari in this case as a companion to Friedland v. The Travelers Indemnity Co., No. 03SC681, 105 P.3d 639, 2005 WL 196482 (Colo. Jan. 31, 2005) on the issue of the applicability of the notice-prejudice rule to a liability insurance policy.1

Today we issue our decision in Friedland, in which we apply the notice-prejudice rule enunciated in Clementi v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 16 P.3d 223 (Colo.2001), to a late-notice liability case.

In the case before us, relying on Marez v. Dairyland Insurance Co., 638 P.2d 286 (Colo.1981), the district court…