Legal Opinion
Ybarra v. Greenberg & Sada, P.C.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided October 15, 2018No. 16S721, YbarraPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHIEF JUSTICE COATS delivered the Opinion of the Court.
¶ 1 Ybarra petitioned for review of the court of appeals' judgment affirming the dismissal of her Colorado Fair Debt Collection Practices Act action against Greenberg & Sada. See Ybarra v. Greenberg & Sada, P.C. , 2016 COA 116 , --- P.3d ----. The district court dismissed for failure to state a claim, finding that damages arising from a subrogated tort claim do not qualify as a debt within the contemplation of the Act. The court of appeals agreed, reasoning that the undefined term "transaction," which it considered integral to the Act's…
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