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#1 Colorado Woman Shocked with Taser Suing Police Officer And Chief for Not Reporting It

Nov 30 2023 // A woman who was shocked in the back with a Taser while lying on the ground in Pueblo, Colorado, last year is suing the police officer who stunned her and the city`s police chief, accusing the police department of failing...

#2 Internet Research Shows Californians May Add to Risk of Fire Hazards

Nov 30 2023 // By most measures, California usually tops the list of the states most at risk of fires, but a new report shows the state’s residents and their desires to stay warm in chillier months may be making the state even...

#3 Funeral Home Owners Where Decomposing Bodies Found Returned to Colorado

Nov 28 2023 // The owners of a defunct Colorado funeral home where 190 sets of decomposing human remains were found have been returned to the state to face hundreds of felony charges.Carie Hallford appeared in District Court in Colorado...

#4 Family of Black Girls Handcuffed, Held at Gunpoint in Colorado Reach $1.9M Settlement

Feb 8 2024 // The four Black girls lay facedown in a parking lot, crying “no” and “mommy” as a police officer who had pointed her gun at them then bent down to handcuff two of their wrists. The youngest wore a...

#5 Colorado Battles Hotel, Restaurant Industry Trade Groups Over Climate Rules

Sep 27 2024 // When it comes to climate change, there are two Chipotles.One is the fast-casual burrito chain with a focus on sustainable ingredients, an app that lets customers track the carbon footprint of their orders and a goal to...

#6 Families of Loved Ones Left Decaying in Colorado Funeral Home Owed $950M

Aug 8 2024 // The Colorado funeral home owners who allegedly stored 190 decaying bodies and sent grieving families fake ashes were ordered by a judge to pay $950 million to the victims’ relatives in a civil case, the attorney...

#7 Colorado Department of Transportation Report: Decline in Dangerous Driving Habits

Nov 22 2024 // Highway safety officials in Colorado are seeing a slight decline in a number of dangerous driving practices, such as driving while intoxicated, failing to use seat belts and speeding.A poll by the Colorado Department of...

#8 Growing Wildfire Risk Leaves States Grappling With How to Keep Insurers From Fleeing

May 1 2024 // Months after a catastrophic fire burned more than 2,200 homes in Hawaii, some property owners are getting more bad news—their property insurance won’t be renewed because their insurance company has deemed the risk...

#9 Colorado Mine Elevator Door Was ‘Broken’ in Accident That Killed 1, Trapped 12

Oct 17 2024 // Investigators are trying to figure out what led to an elevator accident inside a former Colorado gold mine that killed a tour guide, injured four others and left a separate group of 12 people trapped for hours at the...

#10 Colorado City Police Beating Lawsuit Settled for $2.1 Million

May 16 2024 // Colorado Springs leaders agreed Tuesday to pay $2.1 million to settle a federal lawsuit brought by a Black man who was punched and kicked by police during a traffic stop in 2022.City councilors voted to back the agreement...

#11 Colorado Woman Handcuffed in Police Car Hit by Train Receives $8.5M Settlement

Jun 7 2024 // A Colorado woman who was seriously injured when a freight train hit the parked police vehicle in which she sat handcuffed has reached an $8.5 million settlement, a lawyer representing two of the involved police officers...

#12 Ice Storms and Blizzards Pummel the Central US

Dec 28 2023 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – From an ice storm in North Dakota that sealed windows shut to blizzard conditions in Colorado causing hundreds of airport delays and cancellations, a winter storm pummeled much of the central United...

#13 Handcuffed Colorado Man Stunned by Taser Settles Lawsuit for $1.5M

Mar 7 2024 // A man who was stunned with a Taser while handcuffed, including on his lip, has settled a federal lawsuit with a Colorado sheriff’s department for $1.5 million, his lawyers said.Kenneth Espinoza was arrested after he...

#14 Colorado Mine Where Guide Was Killed, Tourists Trapped Ordered Closed by Regulators

Oct 21 2024 // A former Colorado gold mine where a tour guide was killed and a group of tourists was trapped for hours after an elevator accident has been ordered to remain closed and not conduct tours while its operations are reviewed,...

#15 McDonald’s Sued by Colorado Man Sickened in E. Coli Outbreak

Oct 24 2024 // A Colorado man has filed what appears to be the first lawsuit against McDonald’s over an E. coli outbreak linked to Quarter Pounder burgers that has killed one person and sickened nearly 50 others.The lawsuit, filed...

#16 Gallagher Updates Regulation for Artificial Intelligence

May 22 2024 // Gallagher’s Cyber practice remains laser focused on emerging technology and the potential for increased risks as organizations begin to use them. Throughout 2024, we’re concentrated on evolving compliance...

#17 COVID-19 Can Be Occupational Disease, Colorado Court Says in Worker Death Case

May 16 2024 // For the first time, a Colorado appellate court has concluded that COVID-19 can be an occupational disease that is compensable under the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act.The Colorado Court of Appeals ruling...

#18 COVID-19 Can Be Occupational Disease, Colorado Court Says in Worker Death Case

May 9 2024 // For the first time, a Colorado appellate court has concluded that COVID-19 can be an occupational disease that is compensable under the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act.The Colorado Court of Appeals ruling...

#19 Lawsuit: Tesla’s Autopilot Caused Fiery Crash into Tree, Killing Colorado Man

May 14 2024 // The widow of a man who died after his Tesla veered off the road and crashed into a tree while he was using its partially automated driving system is suing the carmaker, claiming its marketing of the technology is...

#20 Colorado Farmers Must Pay $6.5M for Defrauding Federal Crop Insurance Programs

Mar 12 2024 // Two Colorado Farmers must pay more than $6.5 Million for defrauding federal crop insurance programs, according to U.S. Attorney Cole Finegan.Finegan’s office announced that Patrick Esch and Ed Dean Jagers of...