· 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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