Supreme Court of Colorado· 2/4/1991

Farmers Group, Inc. v. Williams

Citations

805 P.2d 419
15 Brief Times Rptr. 130
1991 Colo. LEXIS 44
1991 WL 10856

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holding that the treble damages provision of Colorado's No-Fault Act did not abolish the common law tort of bad faith breach of insurance contract and that the treble damages provision was a cumulative remedy available to an aggrieved claimant
holding that the treble damages provision of Colorado’s No-Fault Act did not abolish the common law tort of bad faith breach of insurance contract and that the treble damages provision was a cumulative remedy available to an aggrieved claimant
noting that our purpose is to give effect to the legislative intent
applying preponderance of evidence standard to treble damages provision under Colorado No Fault Act, Colo.Rev.Stat. § 10-A-708(1)
relying on Griffin v. S. W. Devanney and Co., 775 P.2d 555, 559 (Colo.1989)
trial court’s judgment may be defended on any ground supported by the record, so long as the party’s rights are not increased under the judgment

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Judges: Erickson, Vollack, Lohr, Yollack, Rovira

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