serious bodily injury
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Colorado Supreme Court takes up cases on Title IX investigations, COVID campus closure
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The Colorado Supreme Court recently agreed to hear multiple cases implicating a witness’ immunity for making defamatory statements in a school sex assault investigation, whether a university can be sued for closing its campus early in the COVID-19 pandemic, and whether a man should receive a new trial for his numerous securities fraud convictions. At…
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Supreme Court modifies ruling in child neglect case, insists mother’s rights were honored
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday took the unusual step of modifying its recent ruling in a child neglect case, explicitly rejecting a mother’s claim that her procedural rights were violated in the welfare proceedings. In January, the court decided that when the government proves a child suffers a single serious bodily injury, even if…
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State Supreme Court clarifies effect of serious bodily injury on child welfare cases
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Once the government proves that, more likely than not, a child experienced a serious bodily injury, a judge may find no treatment plan is possible to help the parent become fit, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday. The justices took the uncommon step of hearing an appeal directly from Arapahoe County after noting the…
