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UNIVERSITY OF DENVER v. WHITLOCK

No. 85SC391.

744 P.2d 54 (1987)

UNIVERSITY OF DENVER, a Colorado corporation, Petitioner, v. Oscar WHITLOCK, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied November 2, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hall & Evans, Alan Epstein, Eugene O. Daniels, James A. Smith, Denver, for petitioner.

Gerash, Robinson, Miller & Miranda, P.C., Walter L. Gerash, Scott H. Robinson, Denver, for respondent.

Kripke, Epstein & Lawrence, P.C., Kenneth N. Kripke, Scott W. Lawrence, Denver, for amicus curiae Colorado Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

Covington & Burling, Eugene D. Gulland, Marjorie E. Powell, Sheldon E. Steinbach, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae American Council on Educ. and the Nat. Ass'n of Student Personnel Administrators.

LOHR, Justice.

Plaintiff Oscar Whitlock obtained a judgment against defendant University of Denver in the amount of $5,256,000, as a result of a jury trial in Denver District Court, for injuries suffered in a trampoline accident that rendered him a quadriplegic. The trial court ordered certain relief from this judgment based upon the University's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Whitlock appealed, and the University cross-appealed. The Colorado Court...

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