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Colorado Supreme Court to address validity of plaintiff’s waiver for snowboarding injuries
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The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will decide whether a man injured while snowboarding may proceed with his lawsuit, despite a series of waivers — including one he signed years after his accident — releasing the resort from liability. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to hear a…
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10th Circuit judge speaks about annual ski retreats with clerks, ‘swag’ from 20th anniversary
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Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich, a member of the federal appeals court based in Denver, spoke last month about his 20-year tradition of taking ski trips with his clerks — some of whom have since become judges themselves — and about the ski-themed gifts they created for him in that time. “We had, I think, something like 60 or…
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Selling alcohol to drunk driver not enough to hold liquor store liable for deaths, court says
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Businesses are not liable for injuries caused by a drunk driver if they sold alcohol to the already-intoxicated motorist, but the person did not consume it before causing an accident, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last month. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals answered a question never addressed before: Whether the state’s Dram Shop…
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Colorado’s Tipton again tells Uncle Sam to keep his mitts off of water rights
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Colorado 3rd Congressional District U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton has tried twice before to bar federal agencies from pressuring farmers, ranchers and a host of others into turning over their privately held water rights in order to secure federal permits and leases. Tipton’s most recent effort sat in the Senate and never got a vote. Maybe the…
