VALDEZ v. COUNTY OF MOFFAT

No. 21042.

423 P.2d 7 (1967)

Sherri Anne VALDEZ, a minor, by her father and next friend, Bernie R. Valdez and Bernie R. Valdez and Marvia E. Valdez, Plaintiffs in Error, v. The COUNTY OF MOFFAT, State of Colorado et al., Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied February 14, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wormwood, O'Dell & Wolvington, Laird Campbell, Denver, for plaintiffs in error.

J. Fred Schneider, Ronald Lee Cooke, Denver, E. D. Davis, Craig, for defendants in error, County of Moffat, Earl Wilson, Sam Steele and Marion Jones, Individually, and as Commissioners of County of Moffat.

Worth F. Shrimpton, Sid Pleasant, Craig, for defendants in error, Memorial Hospital, Trustees Thereof as Trustees and as Individuals, and J. Arthuretta Walter.


SCHAUER, Justice.

The plaintiffs in error appeared as plaintiffs in the trial court, where they filed an amended complaint alleging that Sherri Anne Valdez was born at Memorial Hospital in Craig, Colorado, on May 5, 1961. The plaintiffs asserted fourteen claims for relief, based upon an allegation that the new-born child was without oxygen for a considerable period of time immediately following birth, resulting in damage to her brain which caused serious permanent...

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