A lawyer for the survivors of a Denver family who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in November, 2008 while staying at an Aspen vacation home claims Pitkin County’s lax inspection “unlocked the door to the ‘death trap,'” the Aspen Times reported today.
William Hansen, attorney for the Lofgren family’s estate, filed a 29-page argument in response to the county’s effort to have its community development department and two building inspectors dropped from a lawsuit brought by the estate.
Hansen argued the county signed off on the snowmelt system operated by a boiler that leaked the noxious gas “despite open and obvious violations of the Pitkin County Code and building regulations,” according to the Aspen Times.
The county maintains it is not culpable in the deaths of Caroline Lofgren, 42, her husband, Parker, 39, and their two children, Owen, 10, and Sophie, 8. The family was staying at the home at 10 Popcorn Lane after winning the stay at a charity fund-raiser.
