Williams v. State Department of Highways

Opinion by

Judge BRIGGS.

Defendant, State of Colorado “’Department of Highways, appealed from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff, Annette M. Williams. Defendant contended that, under the definition of “motor vehicle” in § 42-1-102, C.R.S. (1984 Repl. Vol. 17), a snowplow was not a “motor vehicle” within the meaning of § 24-10-106(l)(a), C.R.S. (1988 Repl. Vol. 10A) and that, thus, sovereign immunity had not been waived for the accident in question. Plaintiff on appeal did not challenge the use of the definitions in § 42-1-102 to construe the meaning of “motor vehicle” in…