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Appeals court clarifies ‘work product’ exemption to Colorado open records law
Colorado’s second-highest court last month clarified a draft report that is not subject to any meaningful decision-making by elected officials is a disclosable document under the state’s open records law. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals agreed Durango was required to disclose a draft of its 2021 financial report under the Colorado Open…
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Appeals court clarifies ‘work product’ exemption to Colorado open records law
Colorado’s second-highest court last month clarified a draft report that is not subject to any meaningful decision-making by elected officials is a disclosable document under the state’s open records law. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals agreed Durango was required to disclose a draft of its 2021 financial report under the Colorado Open…
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Colorado justices clarify timeline for children injured in car accidents to sue
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday clarified that children who are injured in car accidents can file suit within three years of the collision or within two years of turning 18, whichever happens later. The justices addressed confusion about how state law, which lays out the whichever-is-later standard, applied to the Supreme Court’s own precedent,…
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Colorado justices clarify timeline for children injured in car accidents to sue
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday clarified that children who are injured in car accidents can file suit within three years of the collision or within two years of turning 18, whichever happens later. The justices addressed confusion about how state law, which lays out the whichever-is-later standard, applied to the Supreme Court’s own precedent,…
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Colorado justices clarify timeline for children injured in car accidents to sue
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday clarified that children who are injured in car accidents can file suit within three years of the collision or within two years of turning 18, whichever happens later. The justices addressed confusion about how state law, which lays out the whichever-is-later standard, applied to the Supreme Court’s own precedent,…
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Appeals judge trains fire on Colorado Supreme Court’s landmark restitution ruling
One member of Colorado’s second-highest court has mounted an unusual effort in recent weeks to broadcast his dissatisfaction with a state Supreme Court decision that resulted in scores of financial restitution orders to crime victims being overturned on appeal. In Colorado, when a convicted defendant is required to pay restitution, prosecutors typically must provide the…
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Appeals judge trains fire on Colorado Supreme Court’s landmark restitution ruling
One member of Colorado’s second-highest court has mounted an unusual effort in recent weeks to broadcast his dissatisfaction with a state Supreme Court decision that resulted in scores of financial restitution orders to crime victims being overturned on appeal. In Colorado, when a convicted defendant is required to pay restitution, prosecutors typically must provide the…
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Appeals judge trains fire on Colorado Supreme Court’s landmark restitution ruling
One member of Colorado’s second-highest court has mounted an unusual effort in recent weeks to broadcast his dissatisfaction with a state Supreme Court decision that resulted in scores of financial restitution orders to crime victims being overturned on appeal. In Colorado, when a convicted defendant is required to pay restitution, prosecutors typically must provide the…
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Colorado justices weigh timeline to sue for injured children
Under Colorado law, when a person is injured in a motor vehicle accident, they have three years to sue. If the person is a child, the deadline is three years from the date of the accident or two years after turning 18, whichever is later. The state Supreme Court, however, considered on Wednesday what happens…
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Appeals court orders new trial for defendant barred from invoking ‘laced’ marijuana defense
For the first time last month, Colorado’s second-highest court determined a man should have been allowed to defend himself against criminal charges by letting jurors evaluate whether he ingested marijuana that, unbeknown to him, was allegedly laced with a stimulant. A Denver jury convicted Isaac U. Mion of robbery, criminal mischief and menacing. There was clear…