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Colorado Supreme Court: Appraisers May Not Advocate for Party Retaining Them

/ Owner - July 9, 2019

On June 24, 2019, the Colorado Supreme Court issued its opinion in Owners Ins. Co. v. Dakota Station II Condominium Assoc., Inc., Case No. 17SC583, 2019 WL 2571645 (Colo. June 24, 2019), holding that when parties invoke an appraisal clause in an insurance policy, the appraisers must be unbiased, disinterested, and unswayed by personal interests and cannot advocate for the party who retains them. While the opinion is straight-forward, its implementation in practice may create traps for the unwary.     Read the article………………………

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