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Colorado Accident & Injury Law Part VIII: Supreme Court Clarification Application of The Doctrine of Sudden Emergency
Posted by: Michael Sawaya
September 18, 2009

•· The Supreme Court in the case of Hesse v. McClintic, 06SC624 on January 14, 2008 gave a pronouncement on the defense of sudden emergency that establishes a standard not heretofore stated by the Colorado appellate courts.

Colorado Accident & Injury Law Part VII: Collateral Source Issue & The Issue of Valuing Medical Bills
Posted by: Michael Sawaya
September 09, 2009

This has been an issue of great importance to Plaintiffs' counsel since the demise of the No-Fault Statute in 2003.
Some District Court Judges had ruled that the Plaintiff was entitled to submit the amount of medical billings as the appropriate evidence, even if less had been actually paid by an insurer, while other Judges ruled that, if there had been payment by an insurer, the Plaintiff would be limited to submitting the amounts actually paid by that insurer.

Colorado Accident & Injury Law Part VI: Changes in Uninsured Motorist Coverage
Posted by: Michael Sawaya
September 02, 2009

(c) The coverage described in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) shall be in addition to any legal liability coverage and shall cover the difference, if any, between the amount of the limits of any legal liability coverage and the amount of the damages sustained, excluding exemplary damages, up to the maximum amount of the coverage obtained pursuant to this section. A single policy or endorsement for uninsured or underinsured motor vehicle coverage issued for a single premium covering multiple vehicles may be limited to applying once per accident. The amount of the coverage available pursuant to this section shall not be reduced by a setoff from any other coverage, including, but not limited to, legal liability insurance, medical payments coverage, health insurance, or other uninsured or underinsured motor vehicle insurance.