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Colorado Supreme Court attempts to restore order in Weld County cases after botched cell phone search
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The Colorado Supreme Court issued a pair of orders on Friday attempting to end the turbulence after an accidental disclosure of confidential defense information to the prosecution affected multiple Weld County criminal cases. District Court Judge Vincente G. Vigil has struggled to contain the fallout from a botched cell phone search that resulted in hundreds…
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Colorado justices permit limited disclosure of medical records during contested will proceedings
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The Colorado Supreme Court agreed on Monday that a Weld County judge properly allowed for disclosure of a deceased man’s medical records in the dispute between his children over the validity of his will. Writing in the June 10 opinion, Justice Melissa Hart acknowledged that physician-patient confidentiality, much like attorney-client confidentiality, applies even after a…
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Colorado justices clarify threshold for accessing government files in child neglect cases
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday rebuffed Washington County’s request to apply a tougher standard for parents who seek to access government documents in child neglect cases, instead adopting the more lenient threshold for civil proceedings. The ruling makes it easier for a father and mother in an ongoing custody case to obtain records Washington…
