Chapter 10 - § 10.8 REMARRIAGE IN A WRONGFUL DEATH CASE

• Jurisdiction: Colorado

§ 10.8 REMARRIAGE IN A WRONGFUL DEATH CASE

Colorado

➢ Inadmissible. Because the damages in a wrongful death action are fixed as of the date of death, remarriage of the claimant is not admissible. Ford v. Board of County Comm'rs of Saguache County, 677 P.2d 358, 361 (Colo. App. 1983). See also Barnhill v. Public Service Co. of Colo., 649 P.2d 716, 719 (Colo. App. 1982), aff'd, 690 P.2d 1248 (Colo. 1984).

Federal

➢ Inadmissible. The trial court properly excluded evidence of the decedent's wife's remarriage in a wrongful death action as irrelevant when the marriage occurred three years

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