Legal Opinion
Wright v. District Court in & for the County of Jefferson
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided April 18, 1983No. 82SA371PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBOFSKY, Justice.
In this original proceeding, we issued a rule to show cause why the respondent district court’s order denying petitioner Lloyd Wright’s motion to dismiss a medical malpractice action against him should not be vacated and the case dismissed. We now discharge the rule.
The Adolph Coors Company (Coors) employs the petitioner, a licensed medical doctor, to render medical services to its employees on a full-time basis. In October, 1980, Dr. Wright treated Coors employee Troy Cobb for back injuries suffered in an on-the-job accident. Cobb missed almost a month of work recovering…
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