DAWSON v. REIDER

No. 93SC83.

872 P.2d 212 (1994)

Robert Dennis DAWSON, individually and as the employee of the Eagle County Sheriff's Department; and the Eagle County Sheriff's Department, a political subdivision of the State of Colorado; and Eagle County Board of Commissioners, a political subdivision of the State of Colorado, Petitioners, v. Garland Willard REIDER and Victoria Cordova Reider, both individually and as husband and wife, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied May 2, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hall & Evans, Cathy H. Greer, Malcolm S. Mead, Denver, for petitioners.

Fredric Butler, Eagle, for respondents.

Gale A. Norton, Atty. Gen., Stephen K. ErkenBrack, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Timothy M. Tymkovich, Sol. Gen., Timothy R. Arnold, Deputy Atty. Gen., Jane R. Christman, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for amicus curiae State of Colo.

Charles H. Richardson, Aurora City Atty., Julie A. Bannon, Asst. Aurora City Atty., Aurora, for amicus curiae City of Aurora.

Daniel Muse, Denver City Atty., Denver, for amicus curiae City of Denver.

James G. Colvin, II, Colorado Springs City Atty., Stephen K. Hook, Asst. Colorado Springs City Atty., Colorado Springs, for amicus curiae City of Colorado Springs.


Justice ERICKSON delivered the Opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari to review Reider v. Dawson, 856 P.2d 31 (Colo.App.1992), which held that the three-year statute of limitations for actions under the Colorado Auto Accident Reparations Act (No-Fault Act), § 13-80-101(1)(j), 6A C.R.S. (1987), is applicable when a party commences a civil action against a sheriff and his deputy predicated upon an automobile-pedestrian...

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