Legal Opinion
Aspen Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, LLC v. Aspen Valley Hospital District
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 22, 2003No. 02-1022PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge.
Defendant-Appellant Aspen Valley Hospital District (“the Hospital”) brings this interlocutory appeal of the district court’s denial of its claim that the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act grants it immunity from suit. We consider two issues on appeal. First, do we have subject matter jurisdiction to hear interlocutory appeals from the denial of immunity from suit when state law creates the immunity? Second, did the district court correctly hold that the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act does not provide the Hospital with immunity from suit? We hold that this Court…
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