CITY OF LONGMONT v. HENRY-HOBBS

No. 01SC88.

50 P.3d 906 (2002)

CITY OF LONGMONT, Petitioner, v. Judith HENRY-HOBBS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied August 5, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Brougham, Hall & Evans, L.L.C., Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioner.

Karen Colburn, Dean S. Neuwirth, Burke & Neuwirth, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondent.

Geoffrey T. Wilson, Denver, Colorado, Attorney for Amicus Curiae Colorado Municipal League.

Dan E. Wilson, Grand Junction, Colorado, Attorney for Amicus Curiae City of Grand Junction.


Chief Justice MULLARKEY delivered the Opinion of the Court.

I. Introduction

A young boy drowned while tubing in an irrigation ditch in the City of Longmont. His mother brought a wrongful death action against the city, contending that the ditch was part of the city's water sanitation system. In this case, as in the recent case of City of Colorado Springs v. Powell, 48 P.3d 561 (Colo.2002), we apply a provision of the...

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