Legal Opinion
Cherokee Metropolitan District v. Felt Monson & Culichia LLC
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided July 1, 2013No. Supreme Court Case No. 12SA313Published
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Eid
4 1 Cherokee Metropolitan District ("Cherokee"), a government body responsible for providing water to its landowners and resi*1169dents, is participating in the underlying litigation in order to minimize loss of its water rights in some of its wells. In a separate legal malpractice action, Cherokee sued its former attorneys James Felt and James Cul-ichia, and their firm Felt, Monson & Culichia, LLC (collectively "FMC"), alleging that FMC's negligence led to the loss of water rights that is the subject of the underlying litigation. FMC sought to intervene in the action pursuant to C.R.C.P. 24(a)…
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