Legal Opinion

Vanderbeek v. Vernon Corp.

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided June 17, 2002No. 00SC960PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rice

We granted certiorari to consider the appropriate test for recovery of consequential damages in actions alleging tortious economic interference.1 Relying on our decision in Colorado Kenworth Corp. v. Whitworth, 144 Colo. 541, 357 P.2d 626 (1960), the court of appeals concluded that consequential damages for wrongful attachment were recoverable only if at the time the tort was committed, both parties contemplated such damages as the probable result thereof, and these damages were not uncertain, unnatural, remote as to cause, speculative, or conjectural. Because the court of appeals concluded…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Town of Alma v. AZCO Construction, Inc.Supreme Court of Colorado · 2000
  2. Lyons v. NasbySupreme Court of Colorado · 1989
  3. Lee v. Durango MusicSupreme Court of Colorado · 1960
  4. McNeill v. AllenColorado Court of Appeals · 1975
  5. Peterson v. Colorado Potato Flake & Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1967

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3Cited by45 opinions

  1. Cyprus Amax Minerals Co. v. Lexington Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 2003
  2. Elna Sefcovic v. TEP Rocky MountainCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2020
  3. Hamon Contractors, Inc. v. Carter & Burgess, Inc.Colorado Court of Appeals · 2009
  4. Genova v. LONGS PEAK EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS, P.C.Colorado Court of Appeals · 2003
  5. Gibbons v. LudlowSupreme Court of Colorado · 2013

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