In case you missed it this week: In a hiring flurry that rivaled the snow this week, more than a dozen local attorneys were hired at Denver law firms in addition to two new shareholder elections at Polsinelli’s Denver office.
Spencer Fane announced that Justin Winquist joined the firm’s Denver office as of counsel and will be part of the firm’s litigation and dispute resolution practice group.
The Colorado Court of Appeals found the record didn’t support a district court’s finding a plaintiff chose to get pregnant in a personal injury case and ruled the plaintiff had no duty to terminate the pregnancy or forgo nursing to receive a prescribed medical treatment.
Roughly a third of the state’s top verdicts in 2023 were related to breach of contract claims. Two of the top 10 verdicts for 2023 list Xcel Energy as a defendant.