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State Supreme Court takes up governmental immunity cases for trip-and-fall, speeding officer
The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to review two appeals questioning the boundaries of the government’s general immunity from civil lawsuits, with one case involving a trip-and-fall in Jefferson County and the other implicating a police officer in Montrose County who killed two people during a pursuit. At least three of the seven members of…
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Appeals court reinstates lawsuit against CU over failing to place ‘wet floor’ sign on staircase
The state’s second-highest court has reversed a Boulder County judge and decided the University of Colorado’s failure to warn a student about a recently-mopped and slippery staircase means the institution cannot claim immunity from being sued. The lawsuit involving then-freshman Jordan Galef is one of multiple plaintiff-friendly rulings from the Court of Appeals in recent weeks…
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Jeffco parking garage a ‘public building’, says appeals court in green-lighting lawsuit
Although Jefferson County insisted its parking garage was not a “public building” and, therefore, the county could not be sued under Colorado law for a woman’s injuries, the state’s second-highest court rejected those claims on Thursday. The Colorado Governmental Immunity Act generally shields public entities from civil liability in order to prevent taxpayer dollars from…