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RTD seeks $70k from driver for accident
December 3, 2011 1:09 PM
SUPERIOR, Colo. (AP) - Metro-Denver public transit authorities are seeking $70,000 from the driver of an SUV for damages to a bus that plowed into her wrecked vehicle on US 36. The Regional Transportation District sent Holly Hunt a letter asking for the damage over the Nov. 2 collision... more » -
Judge: Terrorist can sue over prison restrictions
October 5, 2011 4:03 PM
DENVER (AP) - A man convicted of a 1998 terrorist strike on the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania has won the right to sue the federal government over tight restrictions on his visitors and letter-writing at the federal Supermax prison in southern Colorado. Khalfan Khamis Mohammed is serving a life... more » -
Western Sugar to pay $550k in discrimination claim
October 5, 2011 2:41 PM
DENVER (AP) - The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says Western Sugar Cooperative has agreed to pay $550,000 to settle a complaint that it discriminated against women. The EEOC said Wednesday the Denver-based cooperative denied women training, promotions and year-round employment, gave them less desirable assignments than men and... more » -
Local bail bondsman levels suit at cable network
September 17, 2011 3:13 PM
Long time bail bondsman and bounty hunter Bobby Brown is out just trying to get what he feels he is due for the hard work he put in working with television networks A&E on the Dog the Bounty Hunter series. Brown states he appeared in more than 40 episodes and... more » -
First lawsuit connected to Listeria poisoning filed in El Paso County
September 15, 2011 1:15 PM
While stores in Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas, are working to clear the shelves of Cantaloupes that may be tainted with Listeria a law firm based in Seattle Wa. representing the Palmer family in Colorado Springs has filed a suit against Jensen Farms, Inc. The suit was filed in... more » -
Colorado AG warning of possible scams from private firms claiming to recover funds
August 4, 2011 1:20 PM
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers released a statement warning consumers of companies offering to assist in recovering restitution from the state's consumer protection lawsuits in exchange for fees paid upfront of any services. The Office of the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission's recently filed a lawsuit against the... more » -
Latin musicians sue Grammy Academy
August 3, 2011 12:01 PM
NEW YORK (AP) - Some Latin jazz musicians are so angry about cuts in Grammy awards categories that they're suing. It's a class-action lawsuit accusing the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of harming them by eliminating their style of music as a separate category in next year's awards.... more » -
Suit challenging CO education funds goes to trial
July 31, 2011 1:54 PM
DENVER (AP) - A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of how Colorado funds education is going to trial in Denver District Court. The plaintiffs contend Colorado has underfunded schools and violated its constitutional mandate requiring a "thorough and uniform" education system. They say that poorer communities are at a funding... more » -
EPA sues Wyoming trailer park owner over drinking water
May 8, 2011 2:51 PM
ALCOVA, Wyo. (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency is suing and seeking fines against the owner of two Wyoming trailer parks over allegations that he's not conducting the proper required tests on the properties' drinking water. The lawsuit against Colorado resident Roy Stricklin alleges that the EPA has been... more » -
Aspen restaurant suing insurance company over 2008 bomb threat
December 30, 2010 11:18 AM
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - An upscale Aspen restaurant is suing its insurance company over a bomb threat on New Year's Eve 2008 that forced evacuations and canceled dinner reservations. Jimmy's restaurant filed the lawsuit in Pitkin County against Homestate Companies to recuperate losses from its wrecked holiday party. (Copyright... more »
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