Tag: Liability
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Denver may revise animal bite penalties to consider criminal intent
Denver pet owners are responsible for bites and injuries caused by their animals, facing both civil penalties and criminal charges of up to $999 and 300 days in jail. However, some city officials have suggested that the city consider revisions to the municipal code regarding animal-related violations, including adding “criminal intent” elements to some violations…
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Federal judge declines to reconsider decision allowing jury trial against gun manufacturer
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A federal judge has rebuffed a Pennsylvania-based gunmaker’s request and stood by her previous order allowing a jury to decide whether a manufacturing defect caused a handgun to accidentally discharge into its owner at a Colorado Springs movie theater. U.S. Magistrate Judge Maritza Dominguez Braswell declined to reconsider her previous finding that John Heikkila could…
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Judge says Adams County deputy not liable for death of unlicensed teens in defective truck
A sheriff’s deputy who directed two unlicensed teenagers to drive a defective commercial truck home cannot be liable for their subsequent deaths at a dangerous intersection in rural Adams County, a federal judge has found. The estate of April Blackmon-Logan alleged Deputy Chad Jenkins created or increased the risk that Blackmon-Logan would be put in…