Until a few weeks ago, Colorado trial lawyers were gearing up for a fierce election fight, having put up two ballot initiatives that would have increased the caps for pain and suffering sustained by their clients in personal injury cases. But just before the state legislative session ended, the lawyers reached a deal with doctors and business owners ...
A controversial bill designed to change the Colorado Open Records Act (CORA), that could have stopped an individual from accessing government records for 30 days if they were deemed “vexatious”, has been killed off by state senators.
If House Bill 24-1296 had become law, a records custodian could have asked a district court to determine ...
A fight between Colorado personal injury lawyers, on one side, and the medical and business establishment, on the other, has ended with a deal brokered by Governor Jared Polis that will increase caps on noneconomic damages secured in court cases, while leaving contingency fees that attorneys can charge their clients unchanged.
The deal will be signed into ...
As campaign season heats up, it’s not just the presidential race that Colorado voters are being asked to consider. Several initiatives that would significantly impact personal injury cases might also make it onto local ballot papers. To find out the latest, keep an eye on this blog as we examine the initiatives over coming weeks and months....
Erica Davis, a Colorado-based private investigator, will address the May meeting of the Professional Private Investigator Association of Colorado (PPIAC).
Formerly with the Boulder Country Sheriff’s Office and the Longmont Police Department, Davis will speak about best practice when it comes to conducting background checks.
“Erica’s vast experience and training in background checks and reports will ...
Autopsy reports about the deaths of minors will no longer be made public, under a controversial bill making its way through the Colorado statehouse.
Despite long being available through the Colorado Open Records Act – which exempts other kinds of personal medical records from public scrutiny – autopsy reports for minors will soon be confidential, if the ...
The search for Ted Bundy murder victim Julie Cunningham will resume this summer, almost 50 years after she disappeared from Vail, Colorado.
Before being executed in 1989, serial killer Bundy confessed to murdering Cunningham – and a string of other young women – and burying her body “in the high desert” north of Rifle.
That’s ...
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold has announced new rules for notaries to “ensure transparency in notary public operations.”
A press release issued by Griswold’s office says the rules require a notary public to inform their customers of any service that is an additional charge to the notarial act, prior to performing that notarial act.
“The ...
Lindsey Paison will speak on how to find missing persons at the April meeting of the Professional Private Investigator Association of Colorado.
Paison is the owner and lead investigator of Dark Knight Private Investigations, which specializes in the reunification of missing and endangered persons with family and loved ones, as well as process service, aid to law ...
Changes to the Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) currently being considered by state lawmakers could stop an individual from accessing government records for 30 days if they are determined to be “vexatious”.
Under House Bill 24-1296, a records custodian can ask a district court to determine that an individual or entity is vexatious. The ...