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Colorado justices receptive to allowing lawyers to ‘borrow’ allegations from elsewhere
Members of the Colorado Supreme Court seemed open on Tuesday to the idea that plaintiffs’ lawyers can use allegations made elsewhere to bolster their own clients’ claims, so long as the attorney first performs some degree of investigation into the “borrowed” assertions. Under Colorado’s rules for civil cases, attorneys must attest that the complaints they…
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Appeals court clarifies attorneys may ‘borrow’ allegations from other litigation when filing suit
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday made it easier for plaintiffs to bolster their civil claims, concluding attorneys are not forbidden from using allegations in other litigation in their own complaints. Under Colorado’s rules for civil cases, attorneys must attest that the complaints they file are well-grounded in fact to the best of their “knowledge, information, and…