SKILLETT v. ALLSTATE FIRE & CASUALTY INS.

Supreme Court Case No. 21SA187.

505 P.3d 664 (2022)

2022 CO 12

Alexis SKILLETT, Plaintiff, v. ALLSTATE FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, d/b/a Allstate Insurance Company and Collin Draine, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

March 14, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Plaintiff: Franklin D. Azar & Associates, P.C., Dylan Unger , Joseph A. Sirchio , DezaRae D. LaCrue , Aurora, Colorado, Ogborn Mihm, LLP, Thomas D. Neville , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Defendant Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Company: Campbell, Wagner, Frazier & Dvorchak, LLC, Colin C. Campbell , Rebecca K. Wagner , Kirstin M. Dvorchak , Greenwood Village, Colorado.

Attorneys for Defendant Collin Draine: Spencer Fane LLP, Terence M. Ridley , Evan Stephenson , Kayla Scroggins-Uptigrove , William M. Brophy , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amici Curiae American Property Casualty Insurance Association and National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies: Betts Patterson & Mines, David G. Eckberg , Seattle, Washington.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America: Holland & Hart LLP, Stephen G. Masciocchi , Nicholas W. Katz , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Coalition Against Insurance Fraud: Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Harriet M. Retford , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amici Curiae Colorado Civil Justice League and Colorado Defense Lawyers Association: Sutton Booker P.C., Katie B. Johnson , Lily E. Nierenberg , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Colorado Claims Association: Tucker Holmes, P.C., Winslow R. Taylor, III , Robert S. Hunger , Centennial, Colorado, Ruebel & Quillen LLC, Jeffrey Clay Ruebel , Westminster, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company: Lehotsky Keller LLP, Katherine C. Yarger , Aurora, Colorado.

JUSTICE HART delivered the Opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BOATRIGHT, JUSTICE MARQUEZ, JUSTICE HOOD, JUSTICE GABRIEL, JUSTICE SAMOUR, and JUSTICE BERKENKOTTER joined.


¶1 We accepted jurisdiction under C.A.R. 21.1 to answer a certified question of law from the United States District Court for the District of Colorado regarding the potential liability of insurance adjusters under sections 10-3-1115 to -1116, C.R.S. (2021). Specifically, the certified question...

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