COUNTY OF JEFFERSON v. STICKLE

Supreme Court Case No. 22SC632.

542 P.3d 688 (2024)

2024 CO 7

COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, Petitioner, v. Beverly STICKLE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

February 5, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Petitioner: Jefferson County Attorney's Office, Kimberly S. Sorrells , County Attorney, Eric T. Butler , Deputy County Attorney, Rebecca P. Klymkowsky , Assistant Deputy County Attorney, Golden, Colorado.

Attorneys for Respondent: Silvern & Bulger, P.C., Thomas A. Bulger , Lakewood, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amici Curiae Colorado Counties, Inc., Colorado Municipal League, and Special District Association of Colorado: Hall & Evans, L.L.C., Andrew D. Ringel, Denver, Colorado, Rachel Bender, Robert Sheesley, Denver, Colorado, Dianne Criswell, Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Colorado Trial Lawyers Association: Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P.C., D. Dean Batchelder, Alyssa C.E. Hill, Englewood, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae State Office of Risk Management: Philip J. Weiser, Attorney General, Shannon Wells Stevenson, Solicitor General, Friedrick C. Haines, Senior Litigation Counsel and Assistant Solicitor General, Lauren Davison, Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado.

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


¶1 Beverly Stickle lost her balance and fell when she stepped down from a walkway to the parking lot surface at a parking structure adjacent to the Jefferson County Courts and Administration Building. She broke her arm and subsequently sued Jefferson County ("the County") for damages sustained...

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