Legal Opinion
Crow v. Penrose-St. Francis Healthcare System
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided August 18, 2011No. 09CA2667PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge CRISWELL. *
Plaintiff, Jimmie R. Crow, M.D. (doctor), appeals from the district court's order awarding attorney fees to defendant, Pen-rose-St. Francis Health Services (Penrose). He asserts that (1) section 18-17-201, C.R.S. 2010, does not authorize an award of fees in this action, and (2) even if authorized, the award was unreasonable under the cireum-stances. We reject both of these assertions, affirm, and remand the case for a determina tion of a reasonable attorney fees award to Penrose for defending the appeal.
I. Background
The controversy between the parties commenced in…
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