Colorado

Colo. Man Who Claimed Daily Popcorn Habit Caused Lung Injury Is Awarded $7.2M

Federal jurors in Denver have awarded $7.2 million to a Colorado man who claimed his lungs were injured by inhaling fumes from microwave popcorn he ate on a daily basis. Wayne Watson, 59, says he at about two bags of popcorn a day. His suit claimed the popcorn manufacturer should…

Sep 20, 2012 4:03 PM CDT

Colo. Sanctuary Sues Over State Reg, In Effort to Give Captured Calif. Bear a New Home

It appears that a California bear’s salad days of dining on tasty human food in trash cans and taking a dip in swimming pools near the foothills of Glendale, are over. However, the future of the 400-pound, approximately 5-year-old black bear is uncertain because of a Colorado state regulation that…

Sep 12, 2012 7:15 PM CDT

Jury Says PI Firm Must Pay Ex-Client $2M for Pressuring Her to Settle Auto Case for Too Little

A jury in Denver this week awarded over $2 million, including $1.5 million in punitive damages, to a former client who said a Colorado personal injury law firm pressured her to settle her case for less than it was worth. Chad Hemmat of Anderson Hemmat & Levine has said he…

Aug 31, 2012 8:18 PM CDT

Colo. Shooting Suspect May Have Tried to Reach Psychiatrist Minutes Before Attack, Lawyer Suggests

The public defender representing Colorado shooting suspect James Holmes suggested he may have tried to reach his psychiatrist minutes before he opened fire at a showing of The Dark Knight Rises, killing 12 people. Public defender Tamara Brady made the suggestion as she was questioning Dr. Lynne Fenton, report the…

Aug 31, 2012 12:51 PM CDT

Colorado Shooting Suspect Texted Classmate About Mental Illness, Wrote ‘I Am Bad News’

Two weeks before the July 20 massacre at the new Batman movie in Aurora, Colo., shooting suspect James Eagan Holmes sent a text message to a classmate that foreshadowed trouble. Holmes asked if the neuroscience classmate at the University of Colorado had heard of “dysphoric mania,” a form of bipolar…

Aug 27, 2012 11:05 AM CDT

U of Colo Retains 4 Law Firms to Represent 6 Employees in Aftermath of Movie Theater Shooting Spree

The University of Colorado has retained four defense law firms to advise six employees, in the aftermath of an Aurora movie theater shooting spree in which former graduate student James Holmes is charged. A dozen were killed and another 58 were injured in the attack last month. But a university…

Aug 23, 2012 11:03 PM CDT

Judge Allows Charity to Contact Theater Shooting Victims with Their OK

A Colorado judge overseeing the case involving the mass shooting during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises has agreed to allow a charitable group to contact victims and begin disbursing $4 million in funds raised for their support. However, Judge William Sylvester said victims of the Aurora shooting must…

Aug 17, 2012 11:02 AM CDT

New Legal Issue for Suspect in 12 Batman Movie Murders: Eviction Suit re His Booby-Trapped Apartment

An eviction action is probably the very least of James Eagan Holmes’ current legal problems. But he’s now a defendant in an eviction suit, in addition to the multiple murder charges he previously faced, following a Wednesday civil filing in Adams County, reports the Denver Post. The booby traps with…

Aug 9, 2012 10:49 PM CDT

Former US Attorney to Review U of Colo Actions re Ex-Grad Student Charged in Movie Theater Shootings

A former United States attorney for the District of Colorado has been retained by the University of Colorado to conduct an internal review concerning its handling of a former graduate student who is accused of killing 12 people in a movie theater shooting spree last month. Robert N. Miller, who…

Aug 6, 2012 10:39 AM CDT

Spencer Fane Opens Denver Office With 21 Attorneys from Grimshaw Firm

Spencer Fane Britt & Browne has established a Denver office by acquiring all attorneys except one name partner in a 21-lawyer firm there. With the attorneys from Grimshaw & Harring, a full-service business firm with particular expertise in state land development law, the Kansas City-based Spencer Fane now has well…

Jul 31, 2012 8:19 PM CDT

Colorado Shooting Suspect Goes to Court Today; Is Notebook a Privileged Patient Communication?

A week after Colorado shooting suspect James Holmes made his first court appearance looking dazed, he is scheduled to be back in court today to face formal federal charges. Lawyers will debate two motions related to case information today, the Denver Post reports. A defense motion argues a notebook Holmes…

Jul 30, 2012 11:30 AM CDT

Judge Reaffirms Gag Order re Colo. Movie Theater Slayings, Has It Served on Law Enforcement Agencies

Updated: Following news reports Wednesday about a package of material that may have been mailed to a psychiatrist by a graduate student subsequently accused of killing 10 people during a Colorado movie theater premiere of the new Batman movie last week, the judge overseeing the murder case has reaffirmed the…

Jul 26, 2012 7:02 PM CDT

Colorado Shooting Suspect Appears in Court Looking Dazed

Colorado mass shooting suspect James Holmes appeared in court for the first time today, sporting bright orange-red colored hair. Fox News says Holmes “looked alternately confused and tired” as the judge spoke, while the Denver Post says his face changed from “blank stare to wide-eyed and dazed.” CBS News also…

Jul 23, 2012 4:38 PM CDT

Colorado Has ‘Middle of the Road’ Gun Laws; Would Assault Weapons Ban Have Helped?

Police believe the an assault rifle and other weapons used in the shooting spree at a Colorado movie theater early Friday were purchased legally, even though the state adopted additional restrictions after the mass shootings at Columbine High School. Colorado’s gun laws are viewed as “middle of the road,” the…

Jul 23, 2012 3:04 PM CDT

Colorado Shooting Suspect to Appear in Court Today

The man accused of killing 12 people and wounding 58 others at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater early Friday is scheduled to appear in court today. James Eagan Holmes will appear in court for an advisement, a short hearing to inform the suspect that he is being held on murder…

Jul 23, 2012 2:24 PM CDT