Legal Opinion
McCafferty v. Musat
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided March 14, 1991No. 88CA0615PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge JONES.
The defendants, L. Richard Musat and Opland & Musat, P.C. (collectively Musat), appeal the judgment entered upon a jury verdict finding them negligent in their legal representation of the plaintiff, William J. McCafferty. We affirm.
In April 1980, plaintiff, while employed as a miner at the Climax Molybdenum mine near Leadville sustained serious injuries during certain blasting operations that used an explosive fuse cord, Primacord, manufactured by the Ensign-Brickford Co. The injury occurred when a miner on a different level of the mine lit the Primacord while McCafferty…
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