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‘Sudden emergency’ doctrine abolished in Colorado 

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    • January 25, 2013

A negligence defendant could not avoid liability by claiming that his automobile accident was the result of his reaction to a “sudden emergency” presented by ice on the roadway, the Colorado Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a defense verdict.
The sudden emergency doctrine generally recognizes that a person confronted » […]

Original post by http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/25/sudden-emergency-doctrine-abolished-in-colorado/

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