ANNOUNCEMENTS COLORADO COURT OF APPEALS October 25, 2001 "Slip opinions" are the opinions as filed by the judges with the clerk. Slip opinions are subject to modification, rehearing, withdrawal, or clerical corrections. A link (in the htm format only) to any modifications to previously posted opinions will appear in the petition for rehearing section of the announcement document the day the changes are announced. Click on the case number to view the opinion in Word format. P U B L I S H E D O P I N I O N S Court of Appeals No. 00CA1667 Adams County District Court No. 96CV46 Honorable John E. Popovich, Jr., Judge Midwest Mutual Insurance Company, St. Anthony Hospital, JUDGMENT REVERSED AND CASE file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (1 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS Division IV Opinion by JUDGE DAVIDSON Ruland and Dailey, JJ., concur Court of Appeals No. 00CA1691 City and County of Denver District Court No. 00CV580 Honorable William G. Meyer, Judge T.L., Plaintiff-Appellant, Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing; and James T. Rizzuto, in his official capacity as Executive Director, Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, Defendants-Appellees. JUDGMENT REVERSED AND CASE REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS Division V Opinion by JUDGE KAPELKE Taubman and Pierce*, JJ., concur file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (2 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
*Sitting by assignment of the Chief Justice under provisions of Colo. Const. art. VI, 5(3), and 24-51-1105, C.R.S. 2001. Court of Appeals No. 00CA2125 Appeal from Colorado Division of Securities No. XY-99-04 Westmark Asset Management Corporation and Michael A. Usher, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Fred J. Joseph, Securities Commissioner for the State of Colorado; and Colorado Division of Securities, Defendants-Appellees. ORDER AFFIRMED Division I Opinion by JUDGE TAUBMAN Metzger and Ney, JJ., concur U N P U B L I S H E D O P I N I O N S Court of Appeals No. 99CA2138 Arapahoe County District Court No. 98CR2311 file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (3 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
Honorable Timothy L. Fasing, Judge Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, Said Omar Hernandez-Montoya, Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant. JUDGMENT AFFIRMED, SENTENCES VACATED, AND CASE REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS Division III Opinion by JUDGE JONES Rothenberg and Nieto, JJ., concur Court of Appeals No. 99CA2344 City and County of Denver District Court No. 99CR158 Honorable Frank Martinez, Judge file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (4 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
Terrance L. Craddock, JUDGMENT AND SENTENCES AFFIRMED IN PART, VACATED IN PART, AND CASE REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS Division II Opinion by JUDGE MARQUEZ Plank and Roy, JJ., concur Court of Appeals No. 00CA0309 Pueblo County District Court No. 99CR0338 Honorable David A. Cole, Judge Stanley A. Turner, JUDGMENT AFFIRMED Division IV Opinion by JUDGE DAILEY file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (5 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
Davidson and Erickson*, JJ., concur *Sitting by assignment of the Chief Justice under provisions of Colo. Const. art. VI, 5(3), and 24-51-1105, C.R.S. 2001. file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (6 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
Court of Appeals No. 00CA0326 City and County of Denver District Court No. 99CR1617 Honorable Larry J. Naves, Judge Honorable Joseph E. Meyer, III, Judge Deangelo Horton, JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE AFFIRMED Division II Opinion by JUDGE MARQUEZ Plank and Roy, JJ., concur Court of Appeals No. 00CA0501 Mesa County District Court No. 99CR0097 Honorable Gaspar F. Perricone, Judge file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (7 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
Henry Williams, JUDGMENT AFFIRMED Division III Opinion by JUDGE ROTHENBERG Jones and Kapelke, JJ., concur Court of Appeals No. 00CA0603 Adams County District Court No. 99CR1127 Honorable Harlan R. Bockman, Judge Larry James Kimes, SENTENCE AFFIRMED AND CASE REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS Division II file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (8 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
Opinion by JUDGE PLANK Marquez and Roy, JJ., concur Court of Appeals No. 00CA0706 Mesa County District Court No. 95CR0658 Honorable Amanda D. Bailey, Judge Paul E. Inman, ORDER AFFIRMED Division III Opinion by JUDGE NIETO Jones and Rothenberg, JJ., concur Court of Appeals No. 00CA0730 file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (9 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
Mesa County District Court No. 97CR417 Honorable Charles A. Buss, Judge Morris L. Reed, JUDGMENT AFFIRMED Division IV Opinion by JUDGE DAVIDSON Dailey and Erickson*, JJ., concur file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (10 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
*Sitting by assignment of the Chief Justice under provisions of Colo. Const. art. VI, 5(3), and 24-51-1105, C.R.S. 2001. Court of Appeals No. 00CA0832 City and County of Denver District Court No. 99CV5536 Honorable Edward A. Simons, Judge Eulipions, Inc., a Colorado nonprofit corporation; Friends of Eulipions, a Colorado nonprofit association; and Jo Bunton Keel, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Darrell Nulan, Gerie Grimes, Jan Lillard, J.T. Smith, Jr., and Venita file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (11 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
Vinson, Defendants-Appellees. JUDGMENT AND ORDERS AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND CASE REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS Division V Opinion by JUDGE CASEBOLT Kapelke and Vogt, JJ., concur Court of Appeals No. 00CA0897 Jefferson County District Court No. 98CR2651 Honorable R. Brooke Jackson, Judge Joseph Louis Duran, JUDGMENT AFFIRMED, SENTENCE VACATED, AND CASE REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (12 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
Division IV Opinion by JUSTICE ERICKSON* Davidson and Dailey, JJ., concur file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (13 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
*Sitting by assignment of the Chief Justice under provisions of Colo. Const. art. VI, 5(3), and 24-51-1105, C.R.S. 2001. Court of Appeals No. 00CA0904 La Plata County District Court No. 98CR436 Honorable Gregory J. Lyman, Judge Richard Tenorio, CASE REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS Division V Opinion by JUDGE CASEBOLT Kapelke and Vogt, JJ., concur Court of Appeals No. 00CA0949 El Paso County District Court No. 93CR2533 file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (14 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
Honorable Steven T. Pelican, Judge Charles Craig, ORDER REVERSED AND CASE REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS Division II Opinion by JUDGE PLANK Marquez and Roy, JJ., concur Court of Appeals No. 00CA1002 Mesa County District Court No. 94CR376 Honorable Amanda D. Bailey, Judge Darrell Reeves, file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (15 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
ORDER AFFIRMED Division III Opinion by JUDGE JONES Rothenberg and Nieto, JJ., concur Court of Appeals No. 00CA1463 El Paso County District Court No. 99CV1206 Honorable Douglas E. Anderson, Judge Deborah Elgas, M. Denise Anderson, d/b/a Communication Specialists, a/k/a C.T.A. Ltd., JUDGMENT AFFIRMED Division I Opinion by JUDGE METZGER file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (16 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
Ney and Taubman, JJ., concur Court of Appeals No. 00CA1468 Weld County District Court No. 99CV884 Honorable William L. West, Judge Carol Vohs, Plaintiff-Appellant, State Farm Insurance Companies, d/b/a State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee. JUDGMENT AFFIRMED Division III Opinion by JUDGE JONES Rothenberg and Nieto, JJ., concur Court of Appeals No. 00CA1726 Jefferson County District Court No. 97JV1496 Honorable James D. Zimmerman, Judge file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (17 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
In the Interest of D.J.L., K.D.L., and L.A.T., Children, Upon the Petition of the Jefferson County Department of Social Services, Petitioner-Appellee, and Concerning M.P.L., Respondent-Appellant, and S.G., Special Respondent. JUDGMENT AFFIRMED Division I Opinion by JUDGE NEY Metzger and Taubman, JJ., concur Court of Appeals No. 00CA1762 Weld County District Court No. 99CV0643 Honorable William L. West, Judge Leon C. Smitherman and Cora E. Smitherman, file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (18 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
Plaintiffs-Appellants, Bataa Oil, Inc., Defendant-Appellee. JUDGMENT AFFIRMED Division II Opinion by JUDGE PLANK Dailey and Erickson*, JJ., concur file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (19 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
*Sitting by assignment of the Chief Justice under provisions of Colo. Const. art. VI, 5(3), and 24-51-1105, C.R.S. 2001. Court of Appeals No. 00CA1765 Arapahoe County District Court No. 96CV2773 Honorable Kenneth K. Stuart, Judge Uzoma U. Aniniba and Abiye Okuchaba, Plaintiffs-Appellants, American Family Mutual Insurance, Defendant-Appellee. JUDGMENT AFFIRMED Division II Opinion by JUDGE MARQUEZ Plank and Roy, JJ., concur file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (20 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
Court of Appeals No. 00CA1813 El Paso County District Court No. 98CR682 Honorable Peter W. Booth, Judge Michael R. Pena, ORDER AFFIRMED Division II Opinion by JUDGE MARQUEZ Plank and Roy, JJ., concur Court of Appeals No. 00CA1838 City and County of Denver District Court No. 98CR2099 Honorable Robert S. Hyatt, Judge file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (21 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
Ernest Pope, ORDER AFFIRMED Division II Opinion by JUDGE PLANK Marquez and Roy, JJ., concur Court of Appeals No. 00CA1994 City and County of Denver District Court No. 97CR2821 Honorable Robert S. Hyatt, Judge Eric Webb, ORDER AFFIRMED AND CASE REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (22 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
Division V Opinion by JUDGE VOGT Kapelke and Casebolt, JJ., concur Court of Appeals No. 00CA2014 City and County of Denver District Court No. 00CV0246 Honorable Paul A. Markson, Jr., Judge Wendy A. Kratzer, Plaintiff-Appellant, Lisa A. Varriale; Atrium, d/b/a Atrium Associates; and Colorado Compensation Insurance Authority, d/b/a Pinnocol Assurance, Defendants-Appellees. JUDGMENT AFFIRMED Division A Opinion by JUDGE STERNBERG* Marquez and Erickson*, JJ., concur file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (23 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
*Sitting by assignment of the Chief Justice under provisions of Colo. Const. art. VI, 5(3), and 24-51-1105, C.R.S. 2001. file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (24 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
Court of Appeals No. 00CA2032 Colorado State Personnel Board No. 2000B18 Margaret Atwood, Petitioner-Appellee, and Colorado State Personnel Board, Appellee, Department of Corrections, Denver Reception and Diagnostic Center, Respondent-Appellant. ORDER AFFIRMED Division IV Opinion by JUSTICE ERICKSON* Davidson and Dailey, JJ., concur file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (25 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
*Sitting by assignment of the Chief Justice under provisions of Colo. Const. art. VI, 5(3), and 24-51-1105, C.R.S. 2001. Court of Appeals No. 00CA2193 Industrial Claim Appeals Office of the State of Colorado DD No. 9109-2000 Gayla A. Gonzales, Petitioner, Industrial Claim Appeals Office of the State of Colorado and Toby Cordova s Trucking, Tobias R. Cordova, Respondents. ORDER AFFIRMED file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (26 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
Division IV Opinion by JUDGE DAVIDSON Dailey and Erickson*, JJ., concur *Sitting by assignment of the Chief Justice under provisions of Colo. file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (27 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
Const. art. VI, 5(3), and 24-51-1105, C.R.S. 2001. Court of Appeals No. 00CA2200 City and County of Denver District Court No. 99CV3823 Honorable Warren O. Martin, Judge Norton Weiner, Plaintiff-Appellant, Carl D. Jones, Defendant-Appellee. JUDGMENT AFFIRMED AND CASE REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS Division III Opinion by JUDGE NIETO Jones and Rothenberg, JJ., concur Court of Appeals No. 00CA2204 Arapahoe County District Court No. 95CR2537 Honorable Robert H. Russell, II, Judge file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (28 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
Robert Martin, ORDER AFFIRMED Division V Opinion by JUDGE KAPELKE Casebolt and Vogt, JJ., concur Court of Appeals No. 00CA2257 Arapahoe County District Court No. 98CV3983 Honorable Kenneth K. Stuart, Judge The City of Englewood, a Home Rule City and a Colorado Municipal Corporation, Petitioner-Appellant, Chauncey M. Dunn Trust, Chauncey Dunn, Trustee, Respondent-Appellee. JUDGMENT AFFIRMED file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (29 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
Division IV Opinion by JUDGE DAILEY Davidson and Erickson*, JJ., concur *Sitting by assignment of the Chief Justice under provisions of Colo. Const. art. VI, 5(3), and 24-51-1105, C.R.S. 2001. file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (30 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
Court of Appeals No. 01CA0075 El Paso County District Court No. 99JV751 Honorable Theresa M. Cisneros, Judge In the Interest of R.G. and A.G., Children, Upon the Petition of the El Paso County Department of Human Services, Petitioner-Appellee, and Concerning R.G., Respondent-Appellant. JUDGMENT AFFIRMED Division III Opinion by JUDGE NIETO Jones and Rothenberg, JJ., concur Court of Appeals No. 01CA0092 City and County of Denver Juvenile Court No. 99JV2891 Honorable Karen M. Ashby, Judge file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (31 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
In the Interest of H.A.R., a Child, Upon the Petition of the Denver Department of Human Services, Petitioner-Appellee, and Concerning R.R.R., Respondent-Appellant. JUDGMENT AFFIRMED Division I Opinion by JUDGE METZGER Ney and Taubman, JJ., concur Court of Appeals No. 01CA0136 El Paso County District Court No. 99JV1566 Honorable Theresa M. Cisneros, Judge In the Interest of R.O., a Child, Upon the Petition of the El Paso County Department of Human Services, file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (32 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
Petitioner-Appellee, and Concerning L.O., Respondent-Appellant. JUDGMENT AFFIRMED Division III Opinion by JUDGE ROTHENBERG Jones and Nieto, JJ., concur Court of Appeals No. 01CA0318 Mesa County District Court No. 00JV114 Honorable Nicholas R. Massaro, Judge Petitioner-Appellee, In the Interest of T.P.M., Jr., a Child, and Concerning W.M., Respondent-Appellant. JUDGMENT AFFIRMED Division IV file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (33 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
Opinion by JUSTICE ERICKSON* Davidson and Dailey, JJ., concur *Sitting by assignment of the Chief Justice under provisions of Colo. Const. art. VI, 5(3), and 24-51-1105, C.R.S. 2001. file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (34 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
P E T I T I O N S F O R R E H E A R I N G Court of Appeals No. 98CA2043 Jerald Allen, Opinion Modified, and As Modified, Petition for Rehearing DENIED Court of Appeals No. 99CA1467 Antonio J. Stevens, Opinion Modified, and As Modified, Petition for Rehearing DENIED file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (35 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
Court of Appeals No. 00CA0389 John W. Green, Petition for Rehearing DENIED Court of Appeals No. 00CA0475 Christopher T. Simpson, Opinion Modified, and As Modified, Petition for Rehearing DENIED file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (36 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]
Court of Appeals No. 00CA1061 Esmel Alexander, Petitioner, Industrial Claim Appeals Office of the State of Colorado; Ebasco Constructors, Inc.; and Colorado Insurance Guaranty Association, Respondents. Petition for Rehearing DENIED Court of Appeals No. 01CA0386 Charles E. Swinton, Petitioner, Industrial Claim Appeals Office of the State of Colorado and Safeway Stores, Respondents. Petition for Rehearing DENIED file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/10-25-01.html (37 of 37) [9/11/2008 10:03:21 AM]