Tag: Litigation
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EDITORIAL: Letting litterbug smokers off the hook
Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, epic lawsuits against tobacco companies sought compensation for the damage smoking had done to people’s health. Those legal battles are largely over. Now, in a dubious quest to leave no stone unturned, Colorado’s largest city has opened a new front against “Big Tobacco.” It’s one that should leave…
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LETTERS: Justice as a product
When justice became a product For most of American history, hiring a plaintiff-side trial attorney was boring by design. They were a last resort to help return a client as closely as possible to where they were before harm occurred. The goal was repair, not vindication. That changed in 1977, when the SCOTUS ruled that…
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El Paso County judge dismisses Wilson water tank lawsuit
An El Paso County District Court judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit that sought to rescind the Colorado Springs City Council’s ruling that a new water tank in the Mountain Shadows community could stand as it was built. Longtime Colorado Springs tourist attraction the Flying W Ranch and Mountain Shadows resident Larry Starr in mid-February…