Denver joins a growing number of Colorado cities (10 total) approving an ordinance regarding construction claims in common interest communities. Denver’s ordinance adopts several provisions popular among Colorado cities including: (1) HOA’s must provide notice to and...
The Colorado Supreme Court recently upheld consumers’ rights and dealt a blow to predatory lending practices of plaintiff-side litigation finance companies in Oasis Legal Finance Group v. Coffman, 2015 CO 63 No. 13SC497. The petitioners were litigation finance...
In 2007, the Colorado Legislature passed the Homeowner Protection Act (HPA). The HPA made it significantly easier for property owners and homeowners’ associations to bring construction defect claims against homebuilders. As a result, Colorado has seen a dramatic...
In 2008, Colorado enacted C.R.S. §§10-3-1115 and 1116, establishing penalties for the unreasonable delay or denial of a claim for benefits submitted by any first-party claimant. A first-party claimant is defined as “an individual, corporation, association,...
On June 15, 2015, the Colorado Supreme Court issued a decision interpreting Colorado’s Lawful Activities Statute, C.R.S. § 24-34-402.5 as not covering the use of medical marijuana pursuant to Colorado’s Medical Marijuana Amendment, Colo. Const. Art. XVIII, § 14....
Denver District Court Finds Plaintiff Who “Takes a Short Cut” Across Defendant’s Parking Lot a “Trespasser” under the Colorado Premises Liability Act Chance Koch v. ABM Parking Services, Inc. f/k/a AMPCO System Parking, District Court, City and County of Denver, Case...
