governmental immunity
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State Supreme Court takes up governmental immunity cases for trip-and-fall, speeding officer
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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
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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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Appeals court warns police to use lights and sirens or lose immunity for crashes
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The town of Olathe and one of its officers can be held liable for the collision deaths of two men in 2018, stemming from the officer’s failure to use his lights and sirens for the majority of his high-speed pursuit. In reversing a lower court judge’s decision to dismiss the civil lawsuit against Olathe, a…
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Jeffco parking garage a ‘public building’, says appeals court in green-lighting lawsuit
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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…
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‘There’s stuff that has kept me up at night’: Judges speak candidly to Denver students
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Three members of the state’s Court of Appeals fielded questions from curious high school students on Tuesday, one of the most common subjects being how they could separate their emotions about cases from the impartial legal decisions they are expected to render. The judges conceded that it takes practice. “Sometimes I see myself getting mad…
