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Colorado Supreme Court justice warns AG’s office: Watch your arguments on appeal
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In one of the final oral arguments prior to the Colorado Supreme Court’s summer recess, one justice delivered an unusual and specific message to the Colorado Attorney General’s Office about a technical legal issue that has substantial ramifications in criminal appeals. Normally, a lawyer must raise an argument in a lower court to “preserve” it…
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Appeals court finds athletic club’s liability waiver does not bar sex assault lawsuit
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A child who was sexually abused by her tennis coach may sue the athletic club where he was employed, even though a liability waiver purportedly immunized the club from “any and all claims,” Colorado’s second-highest court ruled this month. Plaintiffs “Jane Doe” and her mother sued Wellbridge Club Management LLC, which operates Colorado Athletic Club-Monaco in Denver,…
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Judge partially allows Texas family’s lawsuit to proceed for Snowmass Village dogsled accident
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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…
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Sen. Kevin Lundberg throws cold water on broadband expectations
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A broadband bill being fast-tracked this week through the General Assembly led a candidate for state treasurer to opine that Colorado’s expectations about broadband may not be realistic. During Thursday morning’s Senate debate on House Bill 1116, Republican Sen. Kevin Lundberg of Berthoud said the bill raises concerns between what most rural Coloradans want from…
