Theresa Vogel was recently published in the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform. Her article “Critiquing Matter of A-B-: An Uncertain Future in Asylum Proceedings for Women Fleeing Intimate Partner Violence” discusses the underlying reasons for...
When the City of Denver terminates an employee, it relies on the Department of Safety’s Civilian Review Board to investigate the issue and take action. When terminating a City employee, the Board must follow procedural steps to make sure the employee is not...
The Division Independent Medical Exam (“DIME”) Program was enacted to minimize litigation arising out of a party’s dispute with the treating physician’s MMI or impairment finding. A DIME is performed by an independent physician assigned to the claim. The doctor...
On October 31, 2018, a federal jury in Colorado District Court returned a defense verdict in favor of a grow operation located in Rye, Colorado, absolving the business entities and individual operating the grow operation of liability under the Racketeer Influenced and...
Yesterday, the Colorado Supreme Court announced an important and potentially far-reaching Opinion regarding an insurer’s ability to obtain an Independent Medical Examination (“IME”) in an uninsured/underinsured motorist (“UM/UIM”) bad faith action. Schultz v. GEICO...
Colorado’s Dead Man Statute is a legislatively enacted rule that prevents a party from offering self-serving testimony about alleged statements made by a person that is incapable of testifying and unable to confirm or rebut his alleged statement. The issue is often...
