Shaw v. City of Colorado Springs

COYTE * , Judge.

Plaintiffs, Ike Shaw, Jr. (Shaw), an employee of the City of Colorado Springs, and his daughter Chrystal Lynn Shaw, appeal the trial court judgment dismissing their claims against defendant, City of Colorado Springs (City). We affirm.

Shaw was seriously injured when a “pothole” truck owned by the City backed over him while he was working on a city road crew. Plaintiffs subsequently brought an action against the manufacturer of the truck chassis, the dealer who sold the truck to the City, and the contractor who installed the dump bed, because of their failure to install a…