Swieckowski Ex Rel. Swieckowski v. City of Fort Collins

This case arises out of a bicycle accident which occurred on a newly widened section of a road in the City of Port Collins (City). The parents of fifteen-year-old Timothy Swieckowski (Swieckowski) brought this action for personal injuries he suffered. Swieckowski rode his bicycle against the flow of traffic on a newly widened section of road and tumbled head first into a ditch running perpendicular to the road. The ditch was located on private property and ran along the boundary line marking the beginning of the improved section of the road. Swieckowski, the plaintiff in the district court…