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· 9/26/1977

FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. Public Service Co.

Citations

  • 570 P.2d 239
  • 194 Colo. 107
  • 1977 Colo. LEXIS 629

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating pattern instructions “are not to be used if they do not reflect the prevailing law”
  • reversing trial court’s refusal to modify pattern instruction, although absence of Colorado precedent required that prevailing law be derived from secondary authority
  • CJI \is neither a restatement nor an encyclopedia of the prevailing law\

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Judges: Erickson

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