People v. Lopez

How courts have described this case

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

• driver’s decision to turn in front of an approaching car was negligent, and a driving error, but not abnormal human behavior
• no right to intervening cause instruction where other driver’s conduct, even if negligent, did not amount to gross negligence
• Gross negligence is abnormal human behavior that 16 constitutes “an extreme departure from the ordinary standard of care.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Smoots
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2013-11-21· cited 57×
• People v. McAfee
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2004-03-25· cited 21×
• Francis v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2012-02-28· cited 19×
• People v. Arko
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2006-10-05· cited 14×
• People v. Sieck
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2014-03-13· cited 12×
• People v. Marquez
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2004-07-29· cited 7×
• People v. Reynolds
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2010-03-18· cited 6×
• People v. Claycomb
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2025-04-03· cited 6×
• In Re The People of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff: v. Patrick L. Beverly, II., Defendant:
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2025-05-05· cited 1×