negligence
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App company cannot be held liable for murders of 2 users, judge finds
A federal judge ruled on Monday that the five orphaned children of an Aurora couple cannot sue an online marketplace app after one of its users murdered their parents during an intended transaction. In August, an Arapahoe County jury convicted Kyree Brown of killing Joseph and Jossline Roland in August 2020. The husband and wife…
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Federal judge returns Fort Carson dog bite case to El Paso County
A lawsuit over a dog’s attack on a young child at the U.S. Army’s Fort Carson base will now return to an El Paso County court, after a federal judge determined she had no jurisdiction to hear the dispute. Miranda and Ralph Luchsinger originally filed suit in state court after a dog attacked their child…
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10th Circuit says Fort Collins postal worker may not sue union for false information
Even though a Fort Collins letter carrier was unable to sue the U.S. Postal Service for discrimination in time because of false information union leaders allegedly provided her, the federal appeals court based in Denver agreed Lynda Hickey is now barred from suing the union itself for its misrepresentations. It was unclear why officers of…
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Judge rejects inmate’s request to order changes to prison dental policies
A federal judge has rebuffed an inmate’s request to order prison officials to halt their alleged unofficial policy of denying dental crowns to detainees, believing the Federal Bureau of Prisons should be left to manage its own medical protocols. Peter George Noe, who is incarcerated at the U.S. Penitentiary — Administrative Maximum facility in Florence, filed…
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Judge partially allows Texas family’s lawsuit to proceed for Snowmass Village dogsled accident
A teenager and her mother, both from Houston, are allowed to sue the operator of a Snowmass Village dogsled track for injuries they sustained in 2019, a federal judge has decided. Krabloonik, Inc. had asked U.S. District Court Judge William J. Martínez to find that Timothy Sturm, Sandra Sturm and their then-15-year-old daughter, Holly Sturm, had…