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policy underlying rule in Colorado

6 Colorado opinions name it 2 courts 1996–2026 3 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Colorado courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (5)

CaseFollowedCited
City & County of Denver v. Monaghan Farms, Inc.green
colo · 1992 · cited in 1 Colorado opinions naming this issue, 2012–2012
2 sentences

2012Volunteers of Am. v. Gardenswartz, 242 P.3d 1080 , 1083 (Colo.2010); Van Waters & Rogers, Inc. v. Keelan, 840 P.2d 1070, 1075 (Colo.1992). ¶ 11 To effectuate this policy goal, the collateral source rule applied post-verdiect to prevent a trial court from reducing a successful plaintiff's damages on account of the plaintiff's receipt of a collateral source benefit.

2012Volunteers of Am. v. Gardenswartz, 242 P.3d 1080, 1083 (Colo.2010); Van Waters & Rogers, Inc. v. Keelan, 840 P.2d 1070, 1075 (Colo.1992). ¶ 11 To effectuate this policy goal, the collateral source rule applied post-verdict to prevent a trial court from reducing a successful plaintiff's damages on account of the plaintiff's receipt of a collateral source benefit.

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Volunteers of America v. Gardenswartzgreen
colo · 2010 · cited in 1 Colorado opinions naming this issue, 2012–2012
2 sentences

2012Volunteers of Am. v. Gardenswartz, 242 P.3d 1080 , 1083 (Colo.2010); Van Waters & Rogers, Inc. v. Keelan, 840 P.2d 1070, 1075 (Colo.1992). ¶ 11 To effectuate this policy goal, the collateral source rule applied post-verdiect to prevent a trial court from reducing a successful plaintiff's damages on account of the plaintiff's receipt of a collateral source benefit.

2012Volunteers of Am. v. Gardenswartz, 242 P.3d 1080, 1083 (Colo.2010); Van Waters & Rogers, Inc. v. Keelan, 840 P.2d 1070, 1075 (Colo.1992). ¶ 11 To effectuate this policy goal, the collateral source rule applied post-verdict to prevent a trial court from reducing a successful plaintiff's damages on account of the plaintiff's receipt of a collateral source benefit.

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MacLarty v. Whitefordgreen
coloctapp · 1972 · cited in 1 Colorado opinions naming this issue, 2000–2000
2 sentences

2000See MacLarty v. Whiteford, 30 Colo.App. 378 , 496 P.2d 1071 (1972).

2000See MacLarty v. Whiteford, 30 Colo.App. 378 , 496 P.2d 1071 (1972).

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Russell v. United Statesgreen
scotus · 1962 · cited in 1 Colorado opinions naming this issue, 1996–1996
2 sentences

1996The United States Supreme Court in Russell v. United States, supra, 369 U.S. 749, 770 , 82 S.Ct. 1038, 1050 , 8 L.Ed.2d 240, 254 (1962), stated this same policy persuasively: To allow the prosecutor, or the court to make a subsequent guess as to what was in the minds of the [members of the] grand jury at the time they returned the indictment would deprive the defendant of a basic protection which the guarantee of the intervention of a grand jury was designed to secure.

1996The United States Supreme Court in Russell v. United States, supra, 369 U.S. 749, 770 , 82 S.Ct. 1038, 1050 , 8 L.Ed.2d 240, 254 (1962), stated this same policy persuasively: To allow the prosecutor, or the court to make a subsequent guess as to what was in the minds of the [members of the] grand jury at the time they returned the indictment would deprive the defendant of a basic protection which the guarantee of the intervention of a grand jury was designed to secure.

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People v. Campbellgreen
colo · 1978 · cited in 1 Colorado opinions naming this issue, 1996–1996
2 sentences

1996"The policy underlying this rule is to insure that an indictment reflects the will of the grand jury." People v. Campbell, 194 Colo. 451, 454 , 573 P.2d 557, 558 (1978).

1996"The policy underlying this rule is to insure that an indictment reflects the will of the grand jury." People v. Campbell, 194 Colo. 451, 454 , 573 P.2d 557, 558 (1978).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Colorado. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (1)

CaseCitedYears
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Crossgrove green
colo · 2012
2 sentences

2026“The policy underlying this rule [i]s that a tortfeasor should not benefit, in the form of reduced damages liability, from an injured party’s receipt of collateral source benefits.” Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Crossgrove, 2012 CO 31, ¶ 10 .

2021"The policy underlying this rule was that a tortfeasor should not benefit, in the form of reduced damages liability, from an injured party 's receipt of collateral source benefits." Crossgrove , ¶ 10 , 276 P.3d at 565 .

32021–2026

Where else courts name it

CA 80 (1948–2026) PA 59 (1980–2026) OH 40 (1978–2025) IL 29 (1965–2025) NY 27 (1956–2024) CT 25 (1986–2018) MA 19 (1968–2016) TX 18 (1988–2025) WA 15 (1980–2017) IN 14 (1989–2020) MD 14 (1977–2014) MI 11 (1960–2025) TN 10 (1978–2018) FL 10 (1974–2015) LA 9 (1979–2023) NJ 9 (1979–2025) ME 8 (1976–2013) MN 8 (1983–2010) UT 7 (1991–2019) OR 7 (1978–2008) CO 6 (1996–2026) DC 5 (1982–1996) VA 5 (1993–2016) WI 5 (1982–2024) IA 5 (1980–2011) KY 5 (1982–2006) AK 5 (1981–2001) HI 4 (2001–2022) KS 4 (1981–1988) NV 4 (1978–2013) SC 4 (2008–2012) WV 4 (1983–2018) NE 3 (1983–2003) VT 3 (2006–2010) NC 3 (1999–2016) MO 3 (1979–2008) AL 2 (1979–2017) NH 2 (1990–1993) NM 2 (2000–2016) ND 2 (1977–2000) AZ 2 (1994–2010) MT 2 (1948–1999)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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