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Let’s hold nursing homes, assisted-living centers accountable

Mar 15, 2018

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Anne Meier

Choosing a nursing home or an assisted living center is stressful, sad and often done in the middle of a crisis for elders and their families. The mountain of paperwork families are presented with at admission is considerable and most just sign everything without much thought because they’re overwhelmed and anxious. Unbeknownst to many families,…
Colorado consumer rights groups say read the fine print on holiday deals

Dec 15, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Colorado’s most politically engaged consumer rights groups have a holiday message, a gift that keeps on giving all year long: read the fine print. Products that could prove faulty might leave buyers (and victims) with arbitration instead of a justice, members of the Colorado Consumer Protection Coalition warned in Denver Thursday. “Corporations shouldn’t be able…
Arbitration the latest front on curbing construction-defects lawsuits

Feb 28, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Mandatory arbitration for construction defects in condos and townhomes passed a Senate committee Monday. Senate Bill 156 is the latest in a piecemeal approach to throttling litigation that proponents say blocks construction of affordable housing. The Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee passed the arbitration bill 5-2. Democratic Sen. Cheri Jahn of Wheat Ridge joined the committee’s Republicans…
Colorado Senate Republicans say a more robust construction defects effort is coming

Jan 24, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Colorado Senate Republicans say the effort to curb construction defects lawsuits will go beyond the lone insurance component currently introduced in the legislature. “There’s been some talk out there over Senate Bill 45, and I’ve been pretty clear … that we’re looking at a pretty comprehensive package of bills that will cover this topic, and 45…

arbitration

Let’s hold nursing homes, assisted-living centers accountable

Colorado consumer rights groups say read the fine print on holiday deals

Arbitration the latest front on curbing construction-defects lawsuits

Colorado Senate Republicans say a more robust construction defects effort is coming