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Juror Service Courts- H.B. 1153 (2011); C.R.S. 13-71-101- 13-71-133.

Colorado|2011

Requires each juror service summons to include instructions for retrieving

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Requires each juror service summons to include instructions for retrieving jury service acknowledgment information. Allows jurors to be notified by telephone of date changes and requires juror service information to be available via internet for 12 months after time of juror service. Changes mandatory payment to jurors from weekly to within 10 days after service for trial jurors, and “at least on a monthly basis” for grand jurors.

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Jury Service Reform: H.B. 1159 (2004); Amended C.R.S. 13-71-104.

Colorado|2004

Establishes stricter criteria for jurors to be excused from services.

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Establishes stricter criteria for jurors to be excused from services. Provides protections for small business by allowing employees of small businesses to reschedule service if another employee from the same firm already is serving on a jury.

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Medical Liability Reform- Medical Professional Corporations: H.B. 1012 (2003)

Colorado|2003

Prohibited medical malpractice lawsuits against medical professional corporations including

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Prohibited medical malpractice lawsuits against medical professional corporations including professional service corporations, limited liability companies, and registered limited liability partnerships.

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Medical Liability Reform: Noneconomic Damages Reform: HB 03-1007 (2003).

Colorado|2003

Limits noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases to $300,000.

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Limits noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases to $300,000.

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Noneconomic Damages Reform: S.B. 115 (2004).

Colorado|2004

Limits noneconomic damages in breach of contract claims by specifying

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Limits noneconomic damages in breach of contract claims by specifying that noneconomic damages may only be recovered for breach of contract when recovery of such damages is specifically authorized in the contract that is the subject of the claim. The only other circumstance under which noneconomic damages may be recovered is for any first-party claim brought against an insurer for breach of an insurance contract and that the defendant willfully and wantonly breached the contract.

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Noneconomic Damages Reform: S.B. 115 (2004).

Colorado|2004

Limits noneconomic damages in breach of contract claims by specifying

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Punitive Damages Reform: HB 1186 (2003).

Colorado|2003

Prohibits a plaintiff from filing a claim for punitive damages

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Prohibits a plaintiff from filing a claim for punitive damages unless the plaintiff can show evidence of willful or wanton action that would justify such a claim.

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Punitive Damages: FDA-Approved Drugs: HB 1093 (1991).

Colorado|1991

Expands 1990’s prohibition against seeking punitive damages in cases in

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Expands 1990’s prohibition against seeking punitive damages in cases in which FDA approved drugs are administered by a physician, to include medically prescribed drugs or products used on an experimental basis (when such experimental use has not received specific FDA approval) and when the patient has given informed consent.

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Miscellaneous

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Premises Liability Reform – S.B. 115

Colorado|2022

Clarifies the meaning of terms related to landowner liability and

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Clarifies the meaning of terms related to landowner liability and declares that the Colorado court of appeals and supreme court decisions in Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood, Inc. v. Wagner should not be relied upon to the extent that those decisions determined: the foreseeability of third-party criminal conduct based upon whether the goods or services offered by a landowner are controversial; and that a landowner could be held liable as a substantial factor in causing harm without considering whether a third-party criminal act was the predominant cause of that harm.

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Early Offer of Settlement: H.B. 1121 (2003)

Colorado|2003

Provided that attorneys’ fees and costs would be assessed against

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Provided that attorneys’ fees and costs would be assessed against plaintiffs who decline an offer of settlement proceed to litigation, and receive a smaller judgment than would have been received if a settlement offer had been accepted.

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