Legal Opinion

State Compensation Insurance Fund v. City of Colorado Springs

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided August 9, 1979No. 78-049PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RULAND, Judge.

Defendants, City of Colorado Springs and Lola Y. Carter as administratrix of the estate of Bernard L. Carter, deceased, appeal from the judgment entered upon a jury verdict awarding $35,179.60 to plaintiff, State Compensation Insurance Fund. We affirm.

The record reflects that on May 14, 1975,. a helicopter owned by the City and piloted by Bernard L. Carter of the city police department, crashed. Both officer Carter and Carl R. Welsh, an employee of the Division of Wildlife, Department of Natural Resources, were killed.

Pursuant to § 8-52-108, C.R.S.1973, Cleta M. Welsh as the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Good v. AB Chance Co.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1977
  2. Antonopoulos v. Town of TellurideSupreme Court of Colorado · 1975
  3. Mayer v. SampsonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1965
  4. Murphy v. Colorado Aviation, Inc.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1978
  5. Kerby v. Flamingo Club, Inc.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1974

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Halliburton v. Public Service Co.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1990
  2. Barnhill v. Public Service Company of ColoradoColorado Court of Appeals · 1982
  3. Brown Group Retail, Inc. v. State & Colorado Department of TransportationColorado Court of Appeals · 2007
  4. Forrest v. County Commissioners In & For the County of AdamsColorado Court of Appeals · 1981
  5. Fleckman v. City of GreeleyColorado Court of Appeals · 1983

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