Legal Opinion
Heller v. Fire Insurance Exchange
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided November 13, 1990No. 89SC320PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rovira
Richard and Rosemary Heller petitioned for certiorari review of Heller v. Fire Insurance Exchange, No. 87CA1045 (Colo.App.1989) (unpublished), which reversed the judgment of the trial court entered on a jury verdict. In Heller, the court of appeals held that the damage to the Heller property was caused by surface water which was excluded from coverage by their insurance policy. We granted certiorari to consider this issue. We reverse.
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The Hellers owned a house located near the base of a mountain in Vail, Colorado. In May 1984, the Hellers discovered that water from spring runoffs of melted…
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