ALLSTATE INS. CO. v. COLLINS

No. 89SC594.

805 P.2d 431 (1991)

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Robert Louis COLLINS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied February 25, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zupkus & Ayd, P.C., Robert A. Zupkus, Stefan Kazmierski, Denver, for petitioner.

Bartley A. Costello, Jr., Boulder, for respondent.

Ireland, Stapleton, Pryor & Pascoe, P.C., William G. Imig, Mark W. Williams, Denver, for amicus curiae Nat. Ass'n of Independent Insurers.


Justice ERICKSON delivered the Opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari to review the unpublished court of appeals decision in Collins v. Allstate Insurance Co., No. 88CA1058 (Aug. 24, 1989), which held that section 10-4-708(1), 4A C.R.S. (1987 & 1990 Supp.), did not preempt common-law tort claims against an automobile insurance carrier for bad faith breach of contract.

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