Chapter 10 - § 10.15 PAYMENT OF MEDICAL AND SIMILAR EXPENSES|APOLOGIES

• Jurisdiction: Colorado

§ 10.15 PAYMENT OF MEDICAL AND SIMILAR EXPENSES/APOLOGIES

Colorado

➢ Evidence of Offer to Pay Medical Expenses. Evidence of a defendant's promise to pay a plaintiff's medical expenses may not be admitted to establish a defendant's liability. Pennington v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 878 P.2d 152 (Colo. App. 1994); CRE 409.
➢ Statements of Apology and Sympathy. Evidence of a defendant's statements to the plaintiff that he was "sorry" and "would do what he could" or "would make things right" are inadmissible under CRE 409. Common decency should not be penalized by treating such statements as admissions. Bonser v.

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