TIDWELL v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER

No. 02SC532.

83 P.3d 75 (2003)

Britt E. TIDWELL, an incapacitated person, by his conservator, Xavier O. TIDWELL, Petitioner, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, a municipal and home rule city of the State of Colorado, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

November 10, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Downey, Miller and Hopp, Wesley W. Hoyt, Englewood, Colorado, David I. Levy, Boulder, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioner.

Senter Goldfarb & Rice, L.L.C., Thomas S. Rice, Brian K. Matise, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondent.


Justice KOURLIS delivered the Opinion of the Court.

In this case, Officer Timothy McAleer, a Denver Police Officer, was in his patrol car chasing a green Oldsmobile in an attempt to stop and apprehend the driver when the Oldsmobile failed to obey a stop sign and collided with a white limousine, killing the driver of the limousine and seriously injuring its passenger, Britt Tidwell, the plaintiff in this case. Tidwell brought a tort action against the City and County...

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