Tag: judge karen brody
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Appeals judge raises flag about whether insurance companies can collect restitution after traffic convictions
A member of Colorado’s second-highest court said on Thursday that she was skeptical insurance companies are entitled to collect crime victim restitution from defendants convicted of misdemeanor traffic offenses, but lawmakers had not provided clear direction one way or the other. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals agreed the evidence did not render…
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Court reinstates wage appeal, finds state agency couldn’t establish missed deadline
Colorado’s second-highest court last month reinstated a company’s appeal in a wage violation case, finding the state’s labor department neglected to indicate when it mailed its original decision and further misrepresented the deadline to appeal. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals considered the narrow, but novel, issue of what happens when a party…