Legal Opinion
Zertuche v. Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc.
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided May 9, 1985No. 82CA1506PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERMAN, Judge.
Plaintiff, Roberta Zertuche, sued Montgomery Ward & Company, Inc., (Wards) for injuries and damages she sustained when she injured her heel on a sofa purchased from Wards. The jury returned a $200,000 verdict for plaintiff and Wards appeals. We affirm.
Plaintiff, then 16 years old, was injured while getting up off a couch which had been purchased approximately four and one half years earlier from Wards by her brother. As she got up, she cut her bare heel on a metal strip that had been placed a fraction of an inch below the wood runner on the front of the sofa. She was taken to a…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Kitto v. GilbertColorado Court of Appeals · 1977
- Phillips v. Monarch Recreation Corp.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1983
- Public Service Co. of Colorado v. BarnhillSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
- H. W. Houston Construction Co. v. District Court of the Tenth Judicial DistrictSupreme Court of Colorado · 1981
- Stark v. Poudre School District R-1Supreme Court of Colorado · 1977
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Jacobs v. Commonwealth Highland Theatres, Inc.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1986
- Ajay Sports, Inc. v. CasazzaColorado Court of Appeals · 2000
- Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc. v. AndrewsColorado Court of Appeals · 1987
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