Tag: settlement
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Terminated doctors, nurse practitioner reach settlement with Peak Vista Community Health Centers
Editor’s note: This article has been updated from the original to reflect comments from the head of Peak Vista Community Health Centers. After a nearly two-year legal fight, four physicians and one nurse practitioner formerly employed by Peak Vista Community Health Centers, headquartered in Colorado Springs, have reached a $1.2 million settlement over their complaints…
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Colorado Supreme Court clarifies path for proving insurers’ unreasonable delay of benefits
The Colorado Supreme Court delivered a decision with mixed benefits to insurance companies and policyholders on Monday, ruling that insurers’ internal evaluations of claims cannot be used to prove how much they owe a plaintiff, but companies also cannot hide behind ambiguity to delay paying certain types of damages. Under state law, insurers cannot unreasonably…
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El Paso County Sheriff’s Office announce July 2022 jail death settlement
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The family of a man who died in the El Paso County jail on July 4, 2022 will be receiving a $1,875,000 settlement, according to a news release Tuesday. Daniel Murray was found unresponsive in his cell that Fourth of July. Deputies, jail medical staff,…
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El Paso County Sheriff’s Office announce July 2022 jail death settlement
The family of a man who died in the El Paso County jail on July 4, 2022 will be receiving a $1,875,000 settlement, according to a news release Tuesday. Daniel Murray was found unresponsive in his cell that Fourth of July. Deputies, jail medical staff, medical responders and the Colorado Springs Fire Department attempted lifesaving…
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Pueblo cannabis company to pay $225,000 fine in settlement with Attorney General’s Office
A Pueblo-based cannabis company will pay a fine of at least $225,000 after reaching a settlement with the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, according to a press release. Bee’s Knees CBD’s and its owner Joseph Leyba were found in an investigation to have “made several misrepresentations on its website regarding the source of their products, wrongly characterized some…
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Colorado justices wary of upending process for settling insurance claims of injured parties
Members of the Colorado Supreme Court seemed hesitant last month to find that insurance companies act unreasonably if they do not immediately pay an injured claimant the minimum amount the insurer’s internal analysis has calculated. Under state law, insurers cannot unreasonably delay or deny payment on a claim. The Supreme Court, in a 2018 decision, previously…
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Colorado Springs settles excessive force complaint
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs will pay $195,000 to settle an excessive force complaint filed with the Police Department’s Internal Affairs Unit in November 2022. The City Council voted 6-2 during its regular meeting March 12 to approve…
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Colorado Springs settles excessive force complaint
Colorado Springs will pay $195,000 to settle an excessive force complaint filed with the Police Department’s Internal Affairs Unit in November 2022. The City Council voted 6-2 during its regular meeting March 12 to approve the settlement amount. Councilmen Dave Donelson and Mike O’Malley were the two opposing votes. Councilwoman Michelle Talarico was absent. The…
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Parents of Christian Glass allege coverup against Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office
Following a guilty plea from fmr. Sgt. Kyle Gould in the death of their son, Christian, Sally and Simon Glass alleged the Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office did everything in their power to coverup and deflect blame in Christian’s death.