Tag: Justice Richard Gabriel
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Colorado Supreme Court wary of releasing Aurora council recording despite improper closed-door discussion
The city acknowledged it did not properly give notice of an executive session under the state’s open meetings law
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Colorado Supreme Court green-lights lawsuit over climate change impacts to Boulder County
Justice Carlos Samour, writing in dissent, believed it would be ‘chaos’ to allow local governments to sue fossil fuel producers
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Supreme Court justice, appeals judge spar over authority to decide issues | APPELLATE UPDATE
‘That’s our role, is to resolve the issue in the way that we think is the best way to resolve it,’ said Judge Elizabeth Harris
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Colorado Supreme Court rejects attempt to blur lines in construction industry lawsuit
The justices explained that breach of contract claims are distinct from negligence claims, and that distinction is particularly important to the construction industry
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Denver judge once again made incorrect ruling in 7-year-old billing dispute
The Supreme Court noted there continues to be a misunderstanding about what information is relevant to the case
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When is a grandparent a grandparent? Colorado justices weigh visitation rights dispute
State law lays out multiple, seemingly conflicting conditions for when grandparents may seek visitation rights for their grandchildren
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Colorado justices consider how much evidence is necessary when suing the government for injuries
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Governmental Immunity Act broadly shields public employees and entities for injuries they cause, with a goal of protecting taxpayer dollars and preventing disruption to government services. However, there are exceptions to the immunity, one of which involves injuries due to the “dangerous condition” of…
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Colorado Supreme Court tells Weld County to follow state redistricting law
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Weld County must comply with the state law governing how boards of county commissioners are to draw their districts, and the county needs to adopt new maps by next year’s election, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday. Following the 2020 census, it was undisputed…
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Colorado justices weigh calculation of damages to victims of medical malpractice
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…
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Colorado justices mull lawsuit over fossil fuel producers’ liability for alleged local climate change harms
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Members of the Colorado Supreme Court considered on Tuesday whether to permit Boulder County and the city of Boulder to seek damages against two oil and gas producers for the harms they allegedly caused over multiple decades by concealing and misrepresenting the dangers of climate…