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1 case ANNOUNCEMENTS COLORADO SUPREME COURT tuesday , MAY 31, 2016 ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- 1 "Slip opinions" are the opinions delivered by the SUPREME COURT Justices and are subject to modification, rehearing, withdrawal, or clerical corrections. Modifications to previously posted opinions will be linked to the case number in the petition for rehearing section the day the changes are announced. Click on the case number to view the opinion in pdf format. OPINIONS The SUPREME COURT of the State of COLORADO 2 East 14th Avenue Denver, COLORADO 80203 2016 CO 41 SUPREME COURT case No. 14SC224 Certiorari to the COLORADO COURT of Appeals COURT of Appeals case No. 13CA517 Petitioner: Salynda E. Fleury, individually on behalf of Indyka Norris and Sage Norris, and as surviving spouse of Christopher H. Norris, v. Respondent: IntraWest Winter Park Operations Corporation.

2 Judgment Affirmed en banc JUSTICE EID delivered the Opinion of the COURT . JUSTICE M RQUEZ dissents, and JUSTICE GABRIEL joins in the dissent. case ANNOUNCEMENTS COLORADO SUPREME COURT tuesday , MAY 31, 2016 ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- 2 ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------ The SUPREME COURT of the State of COLORADO 2 East 14th Avenue Denver, COLORADO 80203 2016 CO 42 SUPREME COURT case No. 15SA26 Appeal from the District COURT Garfield County District COURT , Water Division 5, case No. 04CW236 Honorable James Boyd, Water Judge Concerning the Application for Water Rights of the Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority in the Eagle River in Eagle County, COLORADO Applicant-Appellant: Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority, v. Opposers-Appellees: Dick Wolfe, State Engineer, and Alan Martellaro, Division 5 Engineer. Judgment Reversed en banc JUSTICE EID delivered the Opinion of the COURT .

3 ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------ case ANNOUNCEMENTS COLORADO SUPREME COURT tuesday , MAY 31, 2016 ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- 3 The SUPREME COURT of the State of COLORADO 2 East 14th Avenue Denver, COLORADO 80203 2016 CO 43 SUPREME COURT case No. 14SC1 Certiorari to the COLORADO COURT of Appeals COURT of Appeals case No. 12CA1878 Petitioners: Ramona Martinez and Stevens Law Offices, v. Respondents: Mintz Law Firm, LLC and Eric Krajewski, Esq. Judgment Reversed en banc JUSTICE GABRIEL delivered the Opinion of the COURT . JUSTICE COATS dissents, and JUSTICE EID joins in the dissent. JUSTICE M RQUEZ and JUSTICE HOOD do not participate. ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------ case ANNOUNCEMENTS COLORADO SUPREME COURT tuesday , MAY 31, 2016 ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- 4 PETITIONS FOR REHEARING The SUPREME COURT of the State of COLORADO 2 East 14th Avenue Denver, COLORADO 80203 2016 CO 18 SUPREME COURT case No.

4 14SC931 Certiorari to the COLORADO COURT of Appeals COURT of Appeals case No. 13CA388 Petitioner: Bradley Klingsheim, v. Respondents: Carl A. Cordell and Wanda M. Cordell. Petition for Rehearing DENIED. EN BANC. ---------------------------------------- ------------------------ case ANNOUNCEMENTS COLORADO SUPREME COURT tuesday , MAY 31, 2016 ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- 5 PETITIONS FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI No. 15SC627 COURT of Appeals case No. 14CA228 Petitioners: Smokebrush Foundation, Katherine Tudor, and Donald Herbert Goede, III, v. Respondent: City of COLORADO Springs. Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED. EN BANC. Summary of Issues: Whether the COURT of appeals erred in finding, in an ongoing underground pollution migration case , that applicable waivers of governmental immunity could not be applied retroactively to allegedly past pollution even though the causes of action at issue accrued nearly forty years after passage of the immunity waiver statute and included continuing tort causes of action.

5 Whether the COURT of appeals erred in holding that the COLORADO Governmental Immunity Act would not be applied retroactively to municipality-generated toxic contamination, while still granting governmental immunity to the municipality based on the assumption that there was pre-CGIA governmental immunity, without analyzing the issue. Whether the COURT of appeals erred in finding that the COLORADO Governmental Immunity Act s waiver provision for dangerous conditions of a public building did not cover claims for liability against a municipality for asbestos release because it found that the demolition of a public building was not encompassed in the terms constructing or maintaining. ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ case ANNOUNCEMENTS COLORADO SUPREME COURT tuesday , MAY 31, 2016 ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- 6 No.

6 15SC737 District COURT , City and County of Denver, case No. 13CV34110 Petitioner: Bryan Hertz, v. Respondent: The People of the State of COLORADO . Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC. ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ No. 15SC759 COURT of Appeals case No. 12CA1589 Petitioner: Kenneth Froehler, v. Respondent: The People of the State of COLORADO . Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC. JUSTICE HOOD would grant as to the following issue: Whether the detective s improper expert testimony given in the guise of lay testimony regarding the ImageScan software program used to search petitioner s laptops was not harmless. ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- case ANNOUNCEMENTS COLORADO SUPREME COURT tuesday , MAY 31, 2016 ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- 7 No.

7 15SC760 COURT of Appeals case No. 13CA475 Petitioner: Ennio Z. Daniel, v. Respondent: The People of the State of COLORADO . Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC. ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- No. 15SC816 COURT of Appeals case No. 14CA1775 Petitioner: JPMorgan Chase Bank, , a national banking association, v. Respondents: Douglas and Nancy McClure, a married couple; and Spiral Broadcasting, , an Arizona limited liability company. Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED. EN BANC. Summary of Issues: [REFRAMED] Whether the membership interests of a non- COLORADO citizen in a COLORADO LLC are located in the citizen s home state or in COLORADO for purposes of determining the enforceability of charging orders and lien enforcement. [REFRAMED] Whether the COURT of appeals erred in holding that the priority of charging orders issued against the membership interests of a non- COLORADO citizen in a COLORADO LLC is determined by first in time service of either charging orders issued by COLORADO courts or foreign charging orders that have been domesticated in COLORADO courts.

8 DENIED AS TO ALL OTHER ISSUES. case ANNOUNCEMENTS COLORADO SUPREME COURT tuesday , MAY 31, 2016 ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- 8 ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- No. 15SC912 COURT of Appeals case No. 13CA453 Petitioner: The People of the State of COLORADO , v. Respondent: Stephen J. Ahuero. Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED. EN BANC. JUSTICE GABRIEL does not participate. Summary of Issues: Whether the COURT of appeals erred by applying the right to counsel of choice factors from People v. Brown, 2014 CO 25, 322 214, to reverse the denial of a continuance request that did not involve the right to counsel of choice. Whether the adequacy of defense counsel s pretrial investigation is properly addressed on direct appeal where counsel made no specific record and represented his readiness to proceed.

9 Whether actual prejudice from the denial of a continuance can be presumed from the existence of other potential evidence without regard to whether the continuance would have revealed it. ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- case ANNOUNCEMENTS COLORADO SUPREME COURT tuesday , MAY 31, 2016 ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- 9 No. 15SC993 COURT of Appeals case No. 14CA1216 Petitioners: William W. Leary and Jan P. Leary, v. Respondents: Alexander K. Kovacs and CB Richard Ellis, Inc. Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC. ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- No. 15SC1048 COURT of Appeals case No. 12CA99 Petitioner: Dennis Carl Parker, v. Respondent: The People of the State of COLORADO . Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED.

10 EN BANC. ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- No. 16SC119 COURT of Appeals case No. 14CA621 Petitioner: Julie Sundin, v. Respondents: United Airlines, Inc., a Delaware corporation, conducting business in the State of Washington; and Kenneth A. Irom, a resident of the State of California. Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.