February 13, 2024
A Colorado federal judge has rejected an insurer's request to toss a construction contractor's counterclaims as sanctions for discovery failures in a dispute over a $3 million hotel fire, with the judge finding no problems with a magistrate judge's decision to instead award attorney fees and costs.
November 08, 2022
A Colorado federal judge on Tuesday shot down an argument from a contractor's attorney that a failure to turn over 16,000 pages of unfavorable documents during discovery was the result of mere miscommunication and oversight rather than bad faith, saying the sanctionable conduct was "not sloppiness, in the court's view."
March 04, 2019
A Colorado federal judge has sided with Praetorian Insurance Co. in a fight over liability after an arsonist caused $3 million in damage to a hotel construction project, saying the policy clearly exempts Praetorian from paying if the site wasn’t properly secured.