Latest Colorado Headlines

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IIHS: Safety Concerns for Small Pickup Rear Seated Passengers

Jun 30 2023 // The latest crash tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reveals most small pickups fall short when it comes to rear seated passengers.“Our updated moderate overlap front crash test proved to be...

Push to Lower Wildfire Risk Across West Stumbles in Places

Jun 28 2023 // Using chainsaws, heavy machinery and controlled burns, the Biden administration is trying to turn the tide on worsening wildfires in the U.S. West through a multi-billion dollar cleanup of forests choked with dead trees...

Colorado Supreme Court Strikes Law Allowing Child Sex Abuse Suits from Decades Past

Jun 22 2023 // Childhood sexual abuse victims in Colorado will no longer be able to file lawsuits over abuse that happened decades ago, as the state Supreme Court struck down a law Tuesday that gave victims a three-year window to sue...

Colorado’s Most Destructive Wildfire Caused by Embers From Old Fire, Sparks From Power Line

Jun 12 2023 // Embers from a smoldering scrap wood fire outside a home days earlier and a sparking power line caused a Colorado wildfire fanned by high winds that destroyed nearly 1,100 homes and left two people dead, authorities...

Pinnacol Issues $15M Dividend to 58K Colorado Employers

May 31 2023 // Colorado’s largest workers’ compensation carrier, Pinnacol Assurance, issued a general dividend of $15 million to 58,000 employers in the state.This marks the organization’s eighth straight year of...

People Moves: Crest Hires Weaver as Benefits Consultant in Colorado

May 16 2023 // Crest Insurance of Fort Collins welcomes Jason Weaver to their team as an employee benefits consultant. Weaver previously worked as a benefits specialist at Pinnacle Financial Services and founded and operated Mountain...

4 Dead When Small Plane Crashes in Colorado Mountains

May 10 2023 // Four people were found dead after a plane crashed in the mountains of southern Colorado over the weekend, authorities said. The wreckage of the Pool-Cessna T-41B2 was discovered Sunday near Victor, Colorado, a historic...

Air Conditioning Collapse Injures 6 at Colorado Resort Pool

May 8 2023 // Six people were hurt — two critically – when part of a heating and ventilation system collapsed at a resort pool in Colorado on Saturday, fire officials said.There were 50 to 100 guests in the pool when the...

Colorado Man Stunned While Handcuffed Files Lawsuit

May 8 2023 // A man who says he was repeatedly stunned with a Taser while handcuffed, including once in the face, is suing a Colorado sheriff’s department, alleging excessive force by two deputies and also a failure by leaders to...

Colorado Court Considers Challenge to Sex Abuse Lawsuit

Apr 6 2023 // A new law passed by state lawmakers opened the door for Angelica Saupe to finally a pursue a claim against the school district where she says a high school basketball coach sexually abused her in the early 2000s.But that...

Connecticut Gunmaker Faces Another Suit by Relatives of Colorado Shooting Victims

Mar 30 2023 // More relatives of people shot to death at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 are suing gun-maker Sturm, Ruger & Co. over how it marketed the firearm used in the massacre, adding to litigation first filed earlier this month...

Connecticut Gunmaker Sued by Son of Colorado Supermarket Shooting Victim

Mar 17 2023 // The son of one of 10 people killed at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 is suing gun-maker Sturm, Ruger & Co. over how it marketed the firearm used in the massacre – following the litigation road map set by families...

Colorado Officer Charged in Shootout Sued by Injured Bystander

Mar 10 2023 // A police officer accused of accidentally shooting five bystanders as he fired at an armed man as bars let out in downtown Denver last year is being sued.Angelica Rey, one of the bystanders, filed the lawsuit against...

Family of Colorado Man Killed by Deputy Files Lawsuit

Feb 27 2023 // The family of a man who was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy outside a Colorado middle school while students were being picked up alleges in a wrongful death lawsuit that deputies unnecessarily escalated a...

Colorado Among States Looking To Remove Legal Protections for Gun Industry

Feb 24 2023 // Mass shootings in America invariably raise questions of fault. The police’s delayed response outside an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. A district attorney’s failure to prosecute the alleged Club Q shooter...

Death of Handcuffed Man in Colorado Ruled Homicide, Lawsuit Expected

Feb 17 2023 // The death of a man who was handcuffed after a mental health team responded to a call of him walking out into traffic last year has been ruled a homicide, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday by lawyers for his...

Colorado Nursing Home Worker Acquitted in Death of Alzheimer’s Victim Left in Heat

Feb 7 2023 // One of three assisted living facility workers prosecuted in the death of an 86-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease left outside in 100-degree heat has been acquitted.Jurors found Jenny Logan, 52, not guilty of...

Woman Who Survived Train Crash into Patrol Car Files Lawsuit in Colorado

Jan 31 2023 // A woman who was seriously injured when the parked patrol car she was detained in was hit by a freight train filed a lawsuit against police, accusing three officers of acting recklessly and failing in their duty to take...

Insurers Agree to Extend ALE Coverage for Colorado Wildfire Survivors

Jan 19 2023 // Insurers agreed to a request from the Colorado Division of Insurance to extend additional living expenses coverage for Marshall Fire survivors.Homeowners’ insurance companies have agreed to extend coverage for up to...

Alera Group Acquires Insurance Benefits by Design in Colorado

Jan 11 2023 // Alera Group acquired Insurance Benefits by Design in Colorado. Insurance Benefits by Design offers insurance benefits for employers, individuals and families. IBBD is an affiliate of Sage Benefit Advisors, an Alera Group...