Legal Opinion
Tidwell v. City and County of Denver
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided November 10, 2003No. 02SC532PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kourlis
In this case, Officer Timothy McAleer, a Denver Police Officer, was in his patrol car chasing a green Oldsmobile in an attempt to stop and apprehend the driver when the Oldsmobile failed to obey a stop sign and collided with a white limousine, killing the driver of the limousine and seriously injuring its passenger, Britt Tidwell, the plaintiff in this case. Tidwell brought a tort action against the City and County of Denver (the “City”) to recover for his injuries associated with the accident.
The City argued that it was immune from suit under the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act (GIA),…
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