Cary v. United of Omaha Life Insurance Co.

For the second time, this court reverses a judgment of the court of appeals that would have barred the Carys’ tort claim against United of Omaha for its role in the initial denial of insurance coverage for injuries suffered by their daughter in her suicide at*296tempt. See Cary v. United of Omaha Life Ins. Co., 68 P.3d 462 (Colo.2003). I dissented the .first time because I disagreed with the majority’s extension of tort liability, for reckless failure to comply with the terms of an insurance contract, to an entity that had no obligation under the contract. See id. at 469-72 (Coats, J.,…