Our primary task in construing a statute is to give effect to the intent of the General Assembly. People v. District Court, 713 P.2d 918, 921 (Colo. 1986). In this case, it is necessary to determine whether the General Assembly intended to abrogate all common law rights of action not specifically set forth in the [...]

Several well established principles of statutory construction guide our interpretation of section 6 1 113. We initially rely on the language of the statute, giving words and phrases their plain and ordinary meaning. See Moody v. Corsentino, 843 P.2d 1355, 1370 (Colo. 1993); People v. Guenther, 740 P.2d 971, 975 (Colo. 1987). We must give [...]