disability
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10th Circuit partially turns aside special education appeal of Colorado Springs student
For the third time in three years, the federal appeals court based in Denver has turned away a legal challenge to a Colorado Springs school district’s provision of special education services, finding the case was based on a version of the student’s educational plan that was no longer in effect. However, a three-judge panel of…
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Ethics panel gives green light to state judges participating in PrideFest
The Colorado Supreme Court’s ethics advisory panel gave its blessing to state judges who would like to attend LGBTQ pride festivals and even march with a legal association in pride parades. A March 25 opinion from the Colorado Judicial Ethics Advisory Board responded to an anonymous judge who regularly attended and marched in pride parades…
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Federal judge lets professor’s disability discrimination claim proceed against CU
A federal judge denied the University of Colorado’s request to dismiss a medical professor’s disability discrimination lawsuit, which alleged that the school suspended her because it perceived she was cognitively impaired. Robin Slover, a professor of clinical practice in anesthesiology at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus who has worked for the university on-and-off since 1975,…
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Federal judge tosses employment discrimination case, acknowledges COVID-19 may be disability
A federal judge has decided that while COVID-19 can qualify as a disability, a Colorado Springs woman terminated from her job at the outset of the pandemic failed to establish her employer violated the Americans with Disabilities Act through its reaction to a COVID-19 diagnosis. Tammy L. Baum, a former accounts receivable clerk for Dunmire Property…
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Federal judge finds disability discrimination may have played role in Westminster cop’s firing
Although the city of Westminster argues it terminated a 14-year police officer because he abused his authority in repeated encounters with law enforcement, a federal judge found the officer’s allegations of disability discrimination credible enough to let a jury decide the outcome of the case. Craig Communal, an officer from 2004 to 2018, claimed the…
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DHS invokes special circumstances for failing court order on competency evaluations
In a second piece of unflattering news released on the Friday afternoon before Christmas, the Colorado Department of Human Services said Friday it must invoke the same “special circumstances” it used six months ago for failing to meet the requirements of a 2012 court order. cited In June the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo said…
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Democrat Alan Kennedy-Shaffer announces he’s running for Colorado Senate District 34 seat
Democrat Alan Kennedy-Shaffer, a captain in the Colorado Army National Guard and a civil rights attorney, declared on Tuesday that he’s running for Denver’s Senate District 34 seat represented by term-limited Senate Minority Leader Lucia Guzman, D-Denver. Kennedy-Shaffer, 33, made news recently when he successfully sued President Trump on behalf of a Libyan college student…
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Autistic boy’s plea for better special education asks Supreme Court for national standard
The case of an autistic Colorado boy whose parents seek better special education for him could result in a national standard for educating disabled children when his lawsuit goes before the U.S. Supreme Court, according to educators and their attorneys. Some school districts complain the case could force them to shift more of their scarce…