DeCORDOVA v. STATE

No. 92CA2071.

878 P.2d 73 (1994)

Darlene DeCORDOVA, as conservator for Kapri Nicole DeCordova, f/k/a Baby Girl Cruz, a/k/a Capri Nicole DeCordova, Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. STATE of Colorado, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, University Hospitals School of Medicine, University Hospitals School of Nursing, University Hospitals School of Pharmacy, and Colorado General Hospital, Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

February 24, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mickey W. Smith, Pueblo, for plaintiff-appellant and cross-appellee.

Cooper & Kelley, P.C., Paul D. Cooper, Barbara H. Glogiewicz, John R. Mann, Denver, for defendants-appellees and cross-appellants.


Opinion by Judge BRIGGS.

Plaintiff, Darlene DeCordova, as conservator for her minor daughter, appeals from a judgment entered following a jury trial that limited her recovery to $150,000 on a claim of negligence against defendants, State of Colorado and various public entities. Defendants cross-appeal the trial court's directed verdict, entered after presentation of all evidence, that defendants were negligent as a matter of law. We affirm.

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