Travelers Indemnity Company v. Barnes

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment wherein section 13-25-7(4) of the Colorado Auto Accident Reparations Act (commonly referred to as the “No Fault Insurance Law”) was held to be applicable only to personal injury protection. We affirm.

The Act is article 25 of chapter 13, Colo. Sess. Laws 1973 at 334 (section 10-4-701 et seq., C.R.S. 1973). In section 13-25-2, 1 the legislature declared the purpose of the article to be: (l) to avoid inadequate compensation to victims of automobile accidents; (2) to require registrants of motor vehicles in Colorado to procure insurance covering legal…