Fisher v. Community Banks of Colorado, Inc.

Opinion by

Judge CONNELLY.

Plaintiff, Yale A. Fisher (borrower), appeals from a judgment entered after a jury trial in a lender liability case brought against defendant, Community Banks of Colorado, Inc. (bank). The jury, following legal and evidentiary rulings adverse to borrower, rejected borrower's claims and found in favor of bank on a counterclaim.

The most significant appellate issues involve Colorado's Credit Agreement Act, § 38-10-124, C.R.S$.2009. The so-called statute of frauds in that Act is an expansive one: it not only operates like a typical statute of frauds to require that…