Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Watson
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided February 23, 1998No. 96SC505PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mullarkey
We granted certiorari in Anderson v. Watson, 929 P.2d 6 (Colo.App.1996), to determine whether the court of appeals correctly upheld the trial court’s entry of a jury verdict in this automobile accident case. The respondent, Cindy S. Watson (Watson), the defendant in the trial court, conceded that she was at fault in causing the accident. In turn, Katrina L. Anderson (Anderson), the petitioner, who was injured as a result of the collision, admitted that she was not wearing an available seat belt at the time of the accident. The trial court instructed the jury on Watson’s statutory defense that…
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