Goldsworthy v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co.

Opinion by

Judge CARPARELLL

In this case under the former Colorado Auto Accident Reparations Act (No-Fault Act), plaintiffs, Eva Goldsworthy, Brad Chambers, Merye-Beth Heath, Richard McDougall, and Catherine Thompson (collectively policyholders), appeal the order dismissing their class action claims against defendants, American Family, Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and American Standard Insurance Company of Wisconsin (collectively American Family), on the ground that the policyholders were prohibited from seeking class certification because of issue preclusion. .We affirm.

I. Background

This…