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Members of the Colorado Supreme Court on Thursday considered whether the state law that broadly shields the government from civil lawsuits applies to upgrades of public parking garages, raising the possibility of cities and counties being increasingly on the hook for personal injury claims in the future.
Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics' roundup of news from the third branch of government.
For a select group of attorneys who argued their cases before Colorado's Court of Appeals on Tuesday, the experience was different in two key ways: First, they traded the ornate courtrooms of downtown Denver for the picturesque foothills 30 miles to the west. Second, the most pointed questioning did not necessarily come from the court.
More than two years ago, when the Colorado Supreme Court found that juries, not judges, must decide if people accused of felony drunk driving are repeat offenders, it prompted defendants found guilty of other offenses to wonder whether their own prior convictions were something prosecutors must prove to juries beyond a reasonable doubt.
The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday it will hear three criminal appeals and one case exploring the government's obligation to determine whether children in welfare proceedings qualify for the longstanding protections granted to American Indians.