Colo. building inspectors, company sued over family’s carbon monoxide deaths during vacation

Colo. county sued over family’s death during trip

DENVER — The relatives of a Denver family killed by carbon monoxide has sued a company and Pitkin County building inspectors over their deaths during an Aspen vacation won through their church.

The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Denver District Court alleges that gross incompetence led to the 2008 deaths of Parker and Caroline Lofgren and their two children, ages 8 and 10, who were in the Aspen-area house during a Thanksgiving getaway that they had won.

A grand jury in July indicted the owner of a plumbing and heating company, which had worked on the house, and two county building inspectors, now retired, in the deaths.

County Manager Hilary Fletcher declined to comment until she saw a copy of the lawsuit.

Information from: KUSA-TV, www.9news.com