The Colorado Supreme Court issued a ruling finding a carrier, acting in accordance with its underwriting records and with the policy as issued though later reformed voluntarily by the carrier, was reasonable in denying UIM coverage to a claimant not identified as an...
U.S. District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl, sitting in Casper, Wyoming, issued a ruling late Tuesday, June 21, 2016, invalidating an Interior Department Rule setting stricter standards for hydraulic fracturing on public lands, saying that the Interior Department...
The Colorado Supreme Court recently addressed the issue of whether an in-bounds avalanche at a ski resort was included in the definition of “inherent dangers and risks of skiing.” In Fleury v. IntraWest Winter Park Operations Corp., 2016 CO 41 (Colo. May 31, 2016),...
Will Colorado voters once again achieve “first in the nation” status by approving universal health care for state residents? The ColoradoCare initiative appearing on the state ballot in November 2016 will not only allow voters to decide whether to create a...
In the case Green Earth Wellness Center, LLC v. Atain Specialty Insurance Company, a cannabis company sued its insurance carrier for failing to pay on claims, unreasonable delay, and bad faith. Colorado Federal District Court Chief Judge Marcia S. Krieger recently...
Despite competing views of fracking and its economic or environmental impacts, on May 2, 2016, the Colorado Supreme Court issued two much anticipated opinions regarding whether the City of Longmont’s ban and Ft. Collins’ moratorium on fracking and the storage and...