The Colorado Court of Appeals (“Colorado Appellate Court”) vacated a $14,905,000 Colorado medical malpractice verdict that had been reduced to $6,974,692.27 pursuant to Colorado’s Health Care Availability Act (“HCAA”), stating in its opinion dated October 15, 2020: “We conclude that… Read More
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Colorado Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For 18-Year-Old Who Suffered Severe Brain Injury During Breast Enhancement Surgery
The parents of an 18-year-old woman who chose to have breast enhancement surgery on August 1, 2019 following her graduation from high school in order to enhance her self-confidence have filed a Colorado medical malpractice lawsuit against the surgeon and… Read More
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Colorado’s Professional Review Act (CPRA): Patient Safety Or Malpractice Secrecy?
Colorado’s Professional Review Act (CPRA) is up for reauthorization this legislative session and the proponents and opponents of the reauthorization bill are promoting their positions. According to the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, professional review committees review and evaluate the… Read More
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Colorado Supreme Court Applies Substantial Compliance Standard In Enforcing Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement
A divided Colorado Supreme Court held in its opinion filed on June 11, 2018 that despite the defendant nursing home’s failure to strictly comply with the Colorado statute requiring that notice regarding nursing home arbitration agreements be emphasized by at… Read More
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Colorado Appellate Court Discusses Right Of Medical Malpractice Party To Call Other Party’s Withdrawn Expert To Testify During Trial
The Colorado Court of Appeals stated in its opinion filed on June 29, 2017 that if one party in a Colorado medical malpractice case withdraws an endorsed “may call” expert witness shortly before trial or during trial, and the opposing party… Read More
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Colorado Medical Malpractice Loss Means Parents Must Pay $340,000 For Defendant’s Costs
When a baby in the womb did not have a pulse and was not receiving oxygen for thirteen minutes during delivery four years ago, resulting in the baby suffering permanent brain damage requiring constant medical care for the rest of… Read More
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Colorado Nursing Home Hit With $3.7 Million Verdict For Resident’s Death
On May 6, 2013, a Pueblo, Colorado medical malpractice jury awarded the surviving daughter of a nursing home resident $3.7 million, which included $200,000 for compensatory damages and $3.5 million in punitive damages, for the alleged medical malpractice of the nursing home… Read More
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Colorado LASIK Malpractice Case Scheduled For Trial
Trial is scheduled to begin on April 29, 2013 in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado for a LASIK medical malpractice case filed against a LASIK surgery center known as 20/20 Institute, LLC and a LASIK… Read More
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Catholic Hospital Defends Medical Malpractice Suit By Claiming Unborn Babies Are Not People
While Catholic doctrine establishes the belief that life begins at conception, a Catholic-based hospital in Colorado is defending a medical malpractice case against it and others by alleging and maintaining that unborn babies are not persons. That position would seem to contradict the Catholic Church’s… Read More
