Leslie LANAHAN, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Lynn Gordon Bailey, Jr., Plaintiff
v.
CHI PSI FRATERNITY, Alpha Psi Delta Corporation of Chi Psi, individually and as a chapter and agent of Chi Psi fraternity, Patrick Stephenson Wall, Nicholas Aaron Abrahamsen, Frank Williamson Darden, Brett Jamison Herter, Christopher Nelson Jones, Michael Burns Ryan, and Alan Joseph Williams.
Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 22, 2008.
January 22, 2008.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Holland & Hart, LLP, A. Bruce Jones, Stephen G. Masciocchi, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioner Leslie Lanahan.
Senter Goldfarb & Rice, LLC, Spencer L. Sears, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondents Chi Psi Fraternity and Alpha Psi Delta Corp. of Chi Psi.
Wells Anderson & Race, LLC, Sheryl L. Anderson, David G. Mayhan, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondent Patrick Stephenson Wall.
Law Offices of Douglas I. McQuiston, Douglas I. McQuiston, Golden, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondent Nicholas Aaron Abrahamsen.
Pryor Johnson Carney Karr & Nixon, P.C., Irving G. Johnson, Aaron P. Bradford, Greenwood Village, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondent Frank Williamson Darden.
Montgomery Kolodny Amatuzio & Dusbabek, LLP, Peter S. Dusbabek, Cara J. Stegemann, Peter J. Dauster, Fort Collins, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondent Brett Jamison Herter.
Godfrey & Lapuyade, P.C., Brett Godfrey, Ryan E. Warren, Englewood, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondent Christopher Nelson Jones.
Walberg Tucker & Holmes, P.C., Bradley D. Tucker, Kristin A. Brenner, Englewood, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondent Michael Burns Ryan.
White & Steele, P.C., John P. Carver, Lance E. Shurtleff, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondent Alan Joseph Williams.
Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.
Justice EID delivered the Opinion of the Court.
This case arises from a wrongful death action commenced by Petitioner Leslie Lanahan ("Lanahan") against the Chi Psi Fraternity, Alpha Psi Delta Corporation, and seven Chi Psi members (collectively, "Respondents"). The Colorado Wrongful Death Act, section 13-21-201 to-204, C.R.S. (2007), caps Lanahan's potential recovery of noneconomic damages at a maximum of $250,000, adjusted for inflation. The trial court held that...
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