medical malpractice
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Colorado justices decline to expand judges’ authority to second-guess medical malpractice awards
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The Colorado Supreme Court rejected a hospital’s argument on Monday that judges have broad authority to recalculate a jury’s monetary award to plaintiffs injured by medical malpractice. Under state law, damages in medical malpractice lawsuits are generally capped at $1 million as part of a 1988 policy change intended to curb the costs of medicine…
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Colorado justices side with medical malpractice victim in calculating damages owed
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday rejected a doctor’s argument that would have limited the amount of money a patient severely injured at birth would receive for his successful medical malpractice lawsuit two decades later. Under state law, damages in medical malpractice cases are generally capped at $1 million as part of a 1988 reform…
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Colorado justices weigh calculation of damages to victims of medical malpractice
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Members of the Colorado Supreme Court considered on Tuesday whether a decades-old limitation on medical malpractice awards also creates an absolute restriction on the interest that injured plaintiffs can receive when they prevail at trial. The question affects the balance between fairly compensating people who suffer severe or lifelong injuries from medical negligence, on the…
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Colorado Supreme Court to hear medical malpractice appeal, signals interest in DUI case
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The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday it will review whether the longstanding provision in state law generally capping medical malpractice awards to plaintiffs also applies to the interest accrued from the time of the plaintiff’s injury, without exception. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to hear a case on appeal.…
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Colorado justices, 4-3, uphold Denver jury’s $9.2 million award for botched surgery
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The Colorado Supreme Court, in a divided ruling on Monday, left in place a Denver jury’s award of more than $9.2 million to a man severely injured after his back surgery at Sky Ridge Medical Center went wrong. Although Colorado law limits damages in medical malpractice cases to $1 million, it is possible for a judge…
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Colorado justices, 4-3, uphold Denver jury’s $9.2 million award for botched surgery
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The Colorado Supreme Court, in a divided ruling on Monday, left in place a Denver jury’s award of more than $9.2 million to a man severely injured after his back surgery at Sky Ridge Medical Center went wrong. Although Colorado law limits damages in medical malpractice cases to $1 million, it is possible for a judge…
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Colorado justices consider whether to uphold $9.2 million jury verdict for man’s botched surgery
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After a Denver jury awarded a man $9.2 million for his severely botched surgery, a trial judge found half a dozen reasons to override the much lower limit in state law and give the plaintiff the entire amount as jurors intended. This week, however, the Colorado Supreme Court questioned whether one of the judge’s cited…
