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‘Very vibes-based’: Colorado justices grapple with compensation owed to injured workers
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With multiple judges reaching different conclusions and hazarding guesses about what the Colorado Supreme Court might say, the state’s justices on Tuesday attempted to answer a question at the center of several recent lawsuits: When an employee is driving on the job and another motorist injures them, can they pursue both workers’ compensation and an…
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‘Very vibes-based’: Colorado justices grapple with compensation owed to injured workers
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With multiple judges reaching different conclusions and hazarding guesses about what the Colorado Supreme Court might say, the state’s justices on Tuesday attempted to answer a question at the center of several recent lawsuits: When an employee is driving on the job and another motorist injures them, can they pursue both workers’ compensation and an…
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Another federal judge calls on Congress to roll back SCOTUS limitation on suing federal officials
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Two federal judges in Colorado have now taken the rare step of calling for Congress to roll back the U.S. Supreme Court’s broad limitations on suing federal officials for money when they violate plaintiffs’ constitutional rights. U.S. District Court Senior Judge Christine M. Arguello, in dismissing the claims of an incarcerated man who alleged federal prison…
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Another federal judge calls on Congress to roll back SCOTUS limitation on suing federal officials
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Two federal judges in Colorado have now taken the rare step of calling for Congress to roll back the U.S. Supreme Court’s broad limitations on suing federal officials for money when they violate plaintiffs’ constitutional rights. U.S. District Court Senior Judge Christine M. Arguello, in dismissing the claims of an incarcerated man who alleged federal prison…
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Another federal judge calls on Congress to roll back SCOTUS limitation on suing federal officials
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Two federal judges in Colorado have now taken the rare step of calling for Congress to roll back the U.S. Supreme Court’s broad limitations on suing federal officials for money when they violate plaintiffs’ constitutional rights. U.S. District Court Senior Judge Christine M. Arguello, in dismissing the claims of an incarcerated man who alleged federal prison…
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Federal judge green-lights trial over Jeffco middle school awash in sexual harassment
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A federal judge last month agreed Jefferson County School District and two administrators will face a civil jury trial for allegedly failing to address the pervasive sexual harassment and assaults that occurred against female students at Everitt Middle School. In a Feb. 21 order, U.S. District Court Senior Judge Christine M. Arguello determined a female…
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Judge sanctions woman suing Colorado Springs police, finds she withheld evidence
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A federal judge last week authorized financial sanctions against a woman and her lawyers who are suing Colorado Springs police for a constitutional violation, finding she disobeyed court orders and failed to hand over evidence to the defense. Sasha Cronick is pursuing claims of unreasonable search and seizure and false arrest against the officers who…
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10th Circuit agrees ex-DPS employee failed to prove retaliatory firing
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The federal appeals court based in Colorado agreed last month that a former Denver Public Schools employee failed to show how her termination was connected to her act of speaking out against racial discrimination. Barbara Lindsay worked at Emily Griffith Technical College and participated in the 2019 hiring process for a new school director. She…
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10th Circuit gives immunity to Colorado Springs officers for tasing man 8 times prior to death
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The federal appeals court based in Denver agreed on Monday that two Colorado Springs police officers cannot be held liable for using a Taser on a man up to eight times in 90 seconds, leading to his death. Officers Daniel Patterson and Joshua Archer were investigating a possible disturbance at an apartment building when Jeffrey…
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10th Circuit wipes away $1.5 million in sanctions judge imposed without good reason
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The federal appeals court based in Denver has overturned a judge’s seven-figure sanction on a pair of law firms for proceeding with what she termed a “fatally flawed” case, even though the judge communicated there were legitimate issues worth deciding before she suddenly changed her position. U.S. District Court Senior Judge Christine M. Arguello sided…
