Legal Opinion
Vaughan v. McMinn
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided September 22, 1997No. 96SC497, 96SC504PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bender
This proceeding under C.A.R. 50 is the consolidation of two lawsuits, each involving an insured who filed a common law tort claim against his insurance company for bad faith in handling the insured’s workers’ compensation claim. The insurance companies, the petitioners in this court, moved to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. In both cases, the district court granted the motion, reasoning that the General Assembly’s 1991 amendment to section 8-43-304(1), 3 C.R.S. (1997) of the Colorado Workers’ Compensation Act (the Act) abrogated the common law tort of bad faith in the context…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Travelers Insurance Co. v. SavioSupreme Court of Colorado · 1985
- Farmers Group, Inc. v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1991
- Farmers Group, Inc. v. TrimbleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
- Van Waters & Rogers, Inc. v. KeelanSupreme Court of Colorado · 1992
- Kandt v. EvansSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
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3Cited by110 opinions
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