medical malpractice
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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…
