Houser v. CenturyLink

SUMMARY

August 22, 2024

2024COA96

No. 23CA1214, Houser v. CenturyLink — Civil Procedure —

Signing of Pleadings — Obligations of Parties and Attorneys —

Borrowing Plausibility — Reasonable Inquiry — Pleading

Grounded in Fact

In this case, a division of the court of appeals considers, as a

matter of first impression in Colorado, whether an attorney’s

inquiry is objectively reasonable under C.R.C.P. 11(a) if the attorney

copies confidential witnesses’ factual statements from a complaint

in another case without speaking to the confidential witnesses to

confirm their statements. After reviewing federal cases…