Legal Opinion

Finnie v. Jefferson County School District R-1

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided December 1, 2003No. 02SC598PublishedCited by 56 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Martinez

Petitioner challenges the court of appeals' decision, Finnie v. Jefferson County School District R-1, No. 01CA1433 (Colo.App. July 25, 2002), which affirmed the trial court's grant of a motion to dismiss the petitioner's tort action against the Jefferson County School District. We must determine whether a plaintiff's filing of notice with a public entity's Risk Management Department, given allegations that the Risk Management Department represented that such filing was proper, can comply with the requirements of the Governmental Immunity Act (GIA) to serve notice upon a public entity. 1 See §…

2Cases cited13 opinions

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