JONES v. DRESSEL

No. C-1637.

623 P.2d 370 (1981)

William Michael JONES, Petitioner, v. Cecil D. DRESSEL, Zita A. Dressel, Robert L. Clark, Flightcraft, Inc., and Free Flight Sport Aviation, Inc., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing February 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. B. Ullstrom, Edward J. Rau, Thomas J. Byrne, Denver, for petitioner.

Weller, Friedrich, Hickisch & Hazlitt, Donald Lawrence and Paul D. Renner, Denver, for respondents.


ERICKSON, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the decision in Jones v. Dressel, 40 Colo.App. 459, 582 P.2d 1057 (1978). In an action for damages by the plaintiff for personal injuries sustained in an airplane crash, the trial court granted the defendants' motion for partial summary judgment. Summary judgment was based upon the execution of an exculpatory agreement which the court held insulated the defendants from liability...

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