INLAND/RIGGLE OIL CO. v. PAINTER

No. 95SC652.

925 P.2d 1083 (1996)

INLAND/RIGGLE OIL CO., f/d/b/a Riggle Oil Co., Petitioner, v. Randy PAINTER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

November 4, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Campbell, Latiolais & Ruebel, P.C., Colin C. Campbell, Denver, for Petitioner.

Leventhal & Bogue, P.C., Bruce J. Kaye, Grant Marylander, Denver, for Respondent.


Justice KIRSHBAUM delivered the Opinion of the Court.

In Painter v. Inland/Riggle Oil Co., 911 P.2d 716 (Colo.App.1995), the court of appeals held that a responsible nonparty who cannot be a defendant in a comparative negligence action can nonetheless be considered a "person against whom recovery is sought" for purposes of the comparative negligence statute, section 13-21-111, 6A C.R.S. (1987). Having granted certiorari to...

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