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Federal judge recommends letting man sue prison officials for severe injuries
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A federal magistrate judge has concluded medical personnel violated a detainee’s constitutional rights if, as alleged, they waited 36 hours to transport him to the emergency room despite his rapidly-deteriorating condition that ultimately required amputation of his limbs. U.S. Magistrate Judge N. Reid Neureiter recommended against dismissing Christopher Tanner’s civil rights lawsuit, stemming from Tanner’s…
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State Supreme Court to consider whether paid family, medical leave violates TABOR
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The Colorado Supreme Court will decide whether the paid family and medical leave program that voters enacted in the 2020 election violates the state’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights. The court announced on Monday that it will review a decision from Denver District Court that dismissed a lawsuit over Proposition 118, the Paid Family and Medical Leave…
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Adams County prosecutors disregarded medical marijuana law in revoking probation, appeals court says
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Prosecutors in Adams County were responsible for revoking a woman’s probationary sentence because she was using medical marijuana, even though the law allowed her to do so, the state’s Court of Appeals determined. A three-judge panel for the appeals court was concerned that prosecutors had operated with an ulterior motive. Although the district attorney’s office…
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10th Circuit reverses judge who rejected medical intervention for chronically ill inmate
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A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit found that instead of performing his own analysis of whether court intervention was appropriate, U.S. District Court Senior Judge R. Brooke Jackson had apparently relied on the government’s promise that it was scheduling a medical consultation on its own. “[A]lmost a year later, there…
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UCHealth launches $100M initiative to combat Colorado mental health crisis
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Aurora-based UCHealth today announced a sweeping, $100 million initiative to combat the state’s mental health crisis. A $25 million matching donation program could boost support to as much as $150 million, which will be used to embed mental health care professionals in primary care offices, build and expand tele-psychiatry and virtual care and ultimately complete…
