KUSSMAN v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER

No. 83SC214.

706 P.2d 776 (1985)

Barbara J. KUSSMAN, Petitioner, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied October 21, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Gregory Martin, Martin & Snyder, Boulder, and Debra A. Halperin, Dominick & Halperin, Boulder, for petitioner.

Stephen H. Kaplan, Denver City Atty., Carl R. Mangino, Asst. City Atty., Denver, for respondent.

Bennett S. Aisenberg, Denver, for amicus curiae Colorado Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

Richard W. Laugesen, Denver, amicus curiae.


DUBOFSKY, Justice.

We granted certiorari in Kussman v. City and County of Denver, 671 P.2d 1000 (Colo.App.1983), to consider whether a tortfeasor found liable for less than the full amount of the plaintiff's damages is entitled to have deducted from its liability the amount paid in settlement to the plaintiff by another tortfeasor responsible for the same injury. The court of appeals held that the Uniform Contribution Among...

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