After a six-hour deliberation last Thursday, a jury awarded more than $350,000 to an 8-year-old boy. The case in question concerns an auto accident in 2009 in which young Damon Marquand survived, but his mother and and another man did not. Carlos Illescas, a reporter for The Denver Post, provides a brief summary: Damon was [...]
I spend a good bit of time writing about faulty products, recalls, and the lawsuits that can result from them. It’s a chronic issue, and one that has once more reared its head due to allegations of wrongful death. The families of a Colorado man and child have filed suit against Coleman, the popular maker of [...]
When you’re in the hospital, those little alcohol wipes seem to be everywhere. How disturbing it is to find these omnipresent tools for sterilization may be acting as a Trojan Horse for infection. The discovery was made in The Children’s Hospital in Aurora, Colorado. Medical personnel became wary when a series of bloodstream infections amongst their [...]
It is always tragic when a life ends suddenly, even more so if it occurs due to the actions or negligence of someone else. Quite often, it is up to the court system to decide if and where culpability lies. This is where the wrongful death suit comes into play. It is often the only [...]
The Colorado State Patrol vehicle-pursuit policies are undergoing judicial scrutiny this coming April, when a Mesa County judge will rule on whether a wrongful death lawsuit against the CSP can move forward. Chief Judge David Bottger has scheduled a four-day hearing starting April 11 in a lawsuit filed by Shea and Sean Lehnen of Collbran. [...]
The Allstate Insurance Co. released its yearly ranking of cities by driver safety, and Fort Collins, Colorado, has been ranked the safest in the U.S. With all of the negative news and tragic car accidents we hear about on a daily basis, it is time to take a moment and look at some good news for [...]
A fatal go-kart accident took the life of a 9 year-old girl in Aurora, Colorado on Sunday morning. The victim, Taybor Duncan, was involved in a collision with a maintenance vehicle that was crossing the track. Alan Gathright, a content producer for ABC 7 News (The Denver Channel), has the details: Taybor Duncan had just crested a [...]
On Oct 2, 2007, a fire occurred at Xcel’s Cabin Creek Hydroelectric Plant, near Georgetown, Colorado killing five workers. Gary Foster, Don DeJaynes, Dupree Holt, Anthony Aguirre and James St. Peters, along with four others were working in a drained water tunnel (a penstock) connected to the plant, cleaning a sprayer. To do so, they used [...]
The following is a guest post by Chicago wrongful death attorneys at Dolan Law Offices: When a loved one is suddenly killed as a result of the negligent, destructive or illegal behavior of another person, it is hard to imagine how life could ever return to normal. Often times, the thought of taking legal action [...]
Earlier this month, Sandra Jacobson received the maximum sentence of 36 years for the January 2009 drunk-driving crash that killed two Connecticut librarians on their way to Denver International Airport. Jeremy P. Meyer, staff writer for The Denver Post, summarizes the case’s details: Jacobson, of Centennial, was convicted in April on nine counts related to the [...]
