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MID VALLEY REAL EST v. HEPWORTH-PAWLAK GEO.

Court of Appeals No. 13CA0519.

343 P.3d 987 (2013)

2013 COA 119

MID VALLEY REAL ESTATE SOLUTIONS V, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HEPWORTH-PAWLAK GEOTECHNICAL, INC., a Colorado corporation; Steve Pawlak; Daniel Hardin; and S K Peightal Engineers, Ltd., a Colorado corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. A.

Announced August 1, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garfield and Hecht, P.C., David L. Lenyo , Chad J. Schmidt , Avery A. Simpson , Aspen, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee

Cardi, Schulte & Ford, LLC, Andrew S. Ford , Daniel V. Woodward , Greenwood Village, Colorado, for Defendants-Appellants Hepworth-Pawlak Geotechnical, Inc., Steve Pawlak, and Daniel Hardin

Montgomery Little & Soran, P.C., Echo D. Ryan , Shawn A. Eady , John R. Riley , Greenwood Village, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant S K Peightal Engineers, Ltd.

Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Craig A. Umbaugh , David A. DeMarco , Denver, Colorado, for Amicus Curiae Colorado Bankers Association

Bieging Shapiro & Barber LLP, John E. Burrus , Tracy A. Davis , Denver, Colorado, for Amicus Curiae Independent Bankers of Colorado

Cardi, Schulte & Ford, LLC, Phillip B. Cardi , Greenwood Village, Colorado, for Amici Curiae American Council of Engineering Companies of Colorado, American Institute of Architects of Colorado, Structural Association of Colorado, and The Colorado Association of Geotechnical Engineers

Opinion by JUDGE WEBB

¶ 1 A construction professional has an independent duty "to act without negligence in the construction of a home," and a "home owner" may sue in negligence for breach of this duty. Cosmopolitan Homes, Inc. v. Weller, 663 P.2d 1041, 1042-43 (Colo.1983). This interlocutory appeal under C.A.R. 4.2 presents a legal question unresolved in Colorado: whether "home owner" includes a wholly-owned...

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