Category Archives: Wrongful Death
Medical Malpractice Case Rejected by Colorado Supreme Court
A husband and father who lost his wife and his unborn twins may finally have closure now that the Colorado Supreme Court has rejected his case. Though he may not have won, the man said that he would receive closure, simply because the case was finally over. His case involved a wrongful death lawsuit… Read More »
Wrongful Death Suit Over Trayvon Martin Has Been Settled
Many people in Jefferson, Colorado, heard about the Trayvon Martin case, a situation involving a black teenager who was shot and killed by a man last year. The incident made national headlines and the topic was often seen through the lens of racism, something that many believe was involved in the shooting. Regardless of… Read More »
Wrongful Death Suits Against Ski Resorts Allowed to Move Forward
Colorado has an apparent number of quality ski resorts. There are many risks to skiing and snowboarding that are known to those who enjoy these winter sports and those who own and operate the resorts that people often perform them on. These risks do occasionally result in fatalities that leave families in mourning, searching… Read More »
Hospital Group Contradicts Religious Beliefs in Legal Defense
The death of a mother and her twin fetuses has become the center of a controversial lawsuit. The surviving husband and father filed a wrongful death suit against the hospital group that was in charge of the hospital and the medical staff where his wife and unborn children lost their lives in 2006. The… Read More »
Opposite Colorado Wrongful Death Rulings Based on Same Law
Two inbounds skiers’ deaths in avalanches at two difference resorts last year are testing the Colorado legal system. Intrawest Winter Park Operations Corporation and Vail Resorts are named in the negligence lawsuits for wrongful death. The cases have already reached the district courts in Broomfield and Grand County. The case against Winter Park was… Read More »
ACLU Settles with Colorado Police in Wrongful Death Suit
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has been locked in a legal battle with the Colorado State Patrol for some time after the death of a man. According to reports, the man was at his home in Grand Junction, Colorado, when police entered the property without a warrant. They shot and killed him during… Read More »