Judge Certifies Question On Statute Of Limitation In Contractor’s Bad Faith Suit

Mealey's (February 9, 2017, 4:02 PM EST) -- DENVER — In a bad faith lawsuit between a contractor and insurer, a Colorado federal judge on Feb. 8 certified a question to the state’s high court on whether a claim under Colorado Revised Statutes Section 10-3-1116 is subject to a one-year statute of limitations and applicable to “All actions for any penalty of forfeiture of any penal statutes” (Rooftop Restorations Inc. v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co., No. 15-2560, D. Colo., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17787)....