EVANS v. BOARD OF COUNTY COM'RS OF COUNTY OF EL PASO

No. C-10.

482 P.2d 968 (1971)

Vivian EVANS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF the COUNTY OF EL PASO, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

March 22, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Quigley, Wilder & Palermo, P. C., Richard V. Hall, Colorado Springs, for plaintiff-appellant.

Tilly & Graves, William H. Haring, Ronald O. Sylling, Denver, for defendant-appellee.


GROVES, Justice.

The parties appear here in the same order as in the trial court. The plaintiff alleged that while en route to jury duty she sustained a personal injury as a result of carelessness on the part of the county commissioners in permitting the concrete steps at the El Paso County Courthouse to deteriorate and to constitute a dangerous hazard. The court on motion dismissed the complaint under the doctrine of governmental immunity. We reverse and depart from...

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