PETERSON v. HALSTED

Nos. 90SC418, 90SC519.

829 P.2d 373 (1992)

Donald O. PETERSON and Penelope G. Peterson, Petitioners, v. Barry HALSTED, Respondent. Donald O. PETERSON and Penelope G. Peterson, Petitioners, v. Teresa BILLINGS, mother and best friend of her deceased child, Eva Marie Halsted, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

April 6, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman, Ltd., Janet A. Savage, George G. Ventura, Mary C. Larson, Denver, for petitioners Donald O. Peterson and Penelope G. Peterson.

Sander N. Karp, Denver, for respondent Barry Halsted.

Theodore A. Borrillo, Denver, for respondent Teresa Billings.


Justice LOHR delivered the Opinion of the Court.

These two cases, consolidated in this court for briefing and argument, present common issues concerning the applicability of the tort doctrine of negligent entrustment. The cases arose out of an automobile accident in which Tamara Peterson, the twenty-five-year-old daughter of defendants Donald O. Peterson and Penelope G. Peterson, drove a vehicle while intoxicated and collided with an automobile carrying Barry Halsted...

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