Legal Opinion
Sky Fun 1 v. Schuttloffel
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided July 2, 2001No. 00SC291PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hobbs
We granted certiorari to decide two issues arising from the court of appeals decision in Sky Fun 1, Inc. v. Schuttloffel, 8 P.3d 570 (Colo.App.2000): first, whether certain verbal statements made by a pilot's previous employer are protected by the limited lHability provision of 49 U.S.C. § 44936(g) (Supp. IV 1999) precluding a defamation suit brought by the pilot against the employer; second, whether the statutory limitation on exemplary damages contained in section 13-21-102(1)(a), 5 C.R.S. (2000), applies equally to verdicts of a jury and the bench trying a case without a jury. 1
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