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In April, the Colorado Supreme Court decided Farmers Ins. Exchange v. Benzing, 206 P.3d 812 (Colo. 2009), in which it rejected the “fraud on the market” theory of reliance in a consumer class action.  Now, Garcia v. Medved Chevrolet, Inc., No. 09CA1465 (Colo. Ct. App., Nov. 12, 2009), the Colorado Court of Appeals has rejected the alternative reliance theory that the Benzing court  declined to address: the presumed reliance theory first recognized in the securities class action context in Affiliated Ute Citizens v. United States, 406 U.S. 128 (1972) could apply to establish common proof of reliance in a consumer class action involving alleged fraud by omission.  A synopsis, along with a copy of the opinion, is available at Law Week: http://www.lawweekonline.com/?p=1914