of Daniel Brookoff, M.D. v. Clark

JUSTICE HART delivered the Opinion of the Court.

*836 ¶ 1 Colorado's "Dead Man's Statute" has served since 1870 to prevent a party in a case from offering self-serving uncorroborated testimony about statements made by a person who cannot come into court and confirm or rebut that testimony. The statute has been amended many times over the years, most recently in 2002 and 2013. These recent amendments expanded the scope of the Dead Man's Statute, removing language that limited its application to only certain types of cases. Today, self-serving testimony from a party about what a now-deceased person…