Legislation resulted from tense negotiations between lawyers, business groups, insurance industry By SETH KLAMANN | sklamann@denverpost.com | The Denver Post Coloradans injured by medical malpractice will soon be able to seek more money from insurers and health care providers under new limits signed into…
Colorado state Reps. Rose Pugliese and Kyle Brown explain their bill on lawsuit damage caps to the Colorado House. POSTED BY: ED SEALOVER MAY 5, 2024 For the second time in less than a week, legislators reached a compromise Sunday to avert…
Final days of General Assembly’s session before session ends Wednesday In the latest of a slew of grand bargains announced in recent days, the insurance industry and Colorado’s trial lawyers unveiled a deal Sunday to raise the damages cap on…
Marissa Ventrelli marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com May 5, 2024 With the end of the legislative session looming closer, members of Colorado's state House worked on Sunday to debate bills, hold a committee hearing and advanced several measures. Proposed changes to AI task force…
GLORIA SCHOCHMillerCoorsCommunity Commerce & Partnership ManagerFor media inquiries, please contact Cynthia Eveleth-Havens at cynthiae@cochamber.com. DENVER – The Colorado Chamber of Commerce, the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA), and Coloradans Protecting Patients Access (CPPA) today announced a legislative compromise that will…
Jason Cleckler, Middle Park Health CEOGrand County Commissioner Richard Cimino People choose to live in and visit Grand County because of the beauty, quality of life and access to the outdoors and recreation. Part of what makes our region so…
When children can’t get the preventive care they need, like refilling their asthma medicine or G-tube formulas, they end up in the emergency department or hospitalized by Dr. Sophia Meharena, Sentinel Guest ColumnistApril 30, 2024 As a pediatrician at Every Child…
A bill to raise certain medical-malpractice damage caps could increase insurance premiums for health-care professionals.POSTED BY: ED SEALOVER APRIL 12, 2024 As business and trial-attorney groups continue their staredown over a potential ballot battle on lawsuit damage caps, Colorado legislators are advancing a…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DENVER – April 11, 2024: The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Senate Bill 24-130 (SB-130) on a 4-1 vote, legislation which will protect Coloradans' access to quality, affordable health care. The bill must now clear the full Senate…
POSTED BY: ED SEALOVER APRIL 4, 2024 Eliminating caps on noneconomic damages for lawsuits involving catastrophic injury and death, as a proposed ballot initiative aims to do, could cost Colorado $2.1 billion in annual gross product and 15,500 jobs, according to a study…