car crash
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Colorado Springs may be sued for faulty intersection, state Supreme Court rules
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The Colorado Supreme Court decided last month that Colorado Springs can be sued over a collision that occurred as a result of traffic lights that were functioning normally in one direction, but were inoperative in the perpendicular direction. The question for the Supreme Court was whether the traffic arrangement provided “conflicting” signals to plaintiff Bernard…
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Divided appeals court orders insurance company to pay $35,600 for delayed disclosure of policy
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Colorado’s second-highest court concluded on Thursday that an insurance company violated state law when it refused to disclose an automobile policy to an injured motorist for nearly one year after she requested it. By 2-1, a three-judge Court of Appeals panel held that Esurance Property & Casualty Insurance Company had an obligation to hand over…
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Kiowa County deputy may be sued over fatal vehicle collision, federal judge rules
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A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that a Kiowa County deputy and the sheriff’s office may be sued for a fatal vehicle collision because of alleged violations of state law, although the parties dispute whose actions caused the accident. The Colorado Governmental Immunity Act generally shields government entities and public employees from being sued for their actions, but…
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Appeals court says car crash victim’s pregnancies irrelevant to personal injury trial
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Colorado’s second-highest court determined last week that a Weld County judge should not have instructed jurors to consider a car crash victim’s subsequent pregnancies and the disruption they had to her treatment when deciding how much money she should receive for her injuries. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals concluded the evidence did…
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Proposal to require 36 hours of driver’s ed, training for Colorado teens advances
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A Colorado Senate committee advanced a bill Monday to require teenagers to complete up to 36 hours of driver’s education to be eligible for a driver’s license. If passed by the full state legislature, Senate Bill 11 would mandate that Coloradans under the age of 18 take a 30-hour driver’s education course and receive at…