Tag:Colorado Court of Appeals

Court Opinions: Appeals Court Finds Extreme Indifference First Degree Assault Per Se Grave or Serious

The appeals court, in an issue of first impression, found that extreme indifference first degree assault is per se grave or serious under Wells-Yates v. People.

Court Opinions: Appeals Court Rules Felonious Killing Exception Does Apply to Corporations

The appeals court concluded that the Wrongful Death Act’s felonious killing exception applies to both corporations and individuals.

Court Opinions: Appeals Court Holds Independent Contractors Working With Each Other not Subject to Workers’ Compensation Act Limits

The appeals court concluded that when two independent contractors are working with each other and not for one another, the damage limits imposed by Colorado’s Workers’ Compensation Act don’t apply.

Court Opinions: Colorado Supreme Court Holds Courts Can Reimpose Probation on Sentences Served Without Violating Allman v. People

The state Supreme Court also ruled this week that a trial court has no freestanding authority to order discovery absent certain authorizations.

Court Opinions: Appeals Court Declines to Extend Unconditional Cross-Examination Right When Witness is No Longer on Probation

The appeals court held that a defendant didn’t have an unconditional right to cross-examine a witness when that witness was no longer on probation at the time of trial.

Court Opinions: Appeals Court Again Reverses Immunity for Officer Involved in Fatal Motor Collision

The Colorado Court of Appeals, in a case on remand from the Colorado Supreme Court, again reversed CGIA immunity for a police officer and a Colorado town.

Colorado Court of Appeals Reinforces Value of Contractual Clarity

Spencer Fane partner Adam Veltri and associate Sadaf Deedar explain the contractual implications from a recent appeals court decision.

Court Opinion: Appeals Court Rules Statute Doesn’t Require Parent to be Paying Attention During Interrogation

The Colorado Court of Appeals held that the state statute on juvenile interrogations doesn’t include a parental attentiveness requirement.