dentist
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Federal judge allows retaliation lawsuit to proceed against prison dentist
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A federal judge has declined to dismiss an incarcerated man’s claim that a prison dentist retaliated against him for filing a complaint about his allegedly substandard dental care – to the point of making threats and acting aggressively toward him during an appointment. LaRon Antonio Donald, who resides at the Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility, sued multiple…
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Appeals court dismisses dentist’s defamation lawsuit against woman who left negative reviews
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Colorado’s second-highest court has dismissed a dentist’s defamation lawsuit against a Crestone woman who left him negative reviews following her unsatisfactory root canals, basing its ruling on a recently-enacted state law designed to block meritless lawsuits involving First Amendment activity. Creekside Endodontics of Lone Tree and its dentist, Andrew Stubbs, sued former patient Kathryn Sullivan…
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Federal judge in Colorado refuses to release wealthy murder suspect to ‘private jail’ before trial
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A federal judge in Colorado has balked at a man’s offer to effectively pay for a private, home-based jail while murder charges are pending against him. Authorities recently charged Lawrence Rudolph with killing his wife while the two were on a 2016 safari in Zambia. A magistrate judge initially determined he was a flight risk…
