Beckord v. District Court of the County of Larimer

NEIGHBORS, Justice.

This is an original proceeding filed by the petitioners pursuant to C.A.R. 21. We issued a rule to show cause why the respondent judge should not be disqualified from presiding over the consolidated cases pending in the Larimer County District Court. We now make the rule absolute.

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On July 15, 1982, the Lawn Lake Dam in Larimer County collapsed and released a large volume of water into a stream known as the Roaring River, which, in turn, emptied the water into the Fall River which overflowed its banks. When the overflow reached the Cascade Lake Dam, the dam collapsed. The…