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In the Matter of the Estate of Mark M. King, Colorado Court of Appeals Case 2018CA541

We represented the personal representative of Mark M. King’s estate in a lawsuit filed by Mr. King’s second wife. After Mr. King and his second wife had been married for less than ten months, he died, and she received $4,462,806.00 from a life insurance policy, Mr. King’s retirement plan, and joint bank accounts. Even though she had just become a millionaire and had only been married to Mr. King for a short time, the second wife claimed that she, not Mr. King’s children, was entitled to the majority of the assets in Mr. King’s estate. After trial, the judge denied the second wife’s claim, and she appealed. In a precedent-setting case, the Colorado Court of Appeals agreed with our client that the second wife was not entitled to receive any additional assets.

Product liability case involving a roll-over of a small motorized vehicle.

(Jeffrey A. Springer, Matthew M. Holycross)

Wrongful Death – Obtained nearly one million dollars for a family who tragically lost their loved one in a work-related accident.

(Jeffrey A. Springer, Matthew M. Holycross)

Explosion/Fire – Obtained a large recovery for a severely burned worker.

(Jeffrey A. Springer, Matthew M. Holycross)

Unlawful Sexual Contact

DUI-Marijuana – Successful jury verdict, blood test over 6 times the legal limit.

(Stephen M. Burnstein)

Careless Driving Causing Injury

Motor Vehicle Accident – Obtained $600,000 for a seriously injured family.

(Jeffrey A. Springer, Matthew M. Holycross)

Nursing Home Fall – Matt obtained a recovery for a client after suffering significant injury after a fall in a nursing home.

(Matthew M. Holycross)

DORA Case – Successfully argued before the Colorado Court of Appeals, that a Colorado state agency abused its discretion by revoking our client’s professional license.

(Jason C. Astle)

Heather Price v. Bavaria Inn Restaurant, Inc. d/b/a Shotgun Willie’s, United States District Court for the District of Colorado Case 1:17-cv-03000-PAB-NYW

We represented an entertainment business in a lawsuit filed by the business’ former employee. The former employee claimed that after complaining that another employee had sexually harassed her she was retaliated against by being fired. The judge dismissed the former employee’s Federal Civil Rights Act claim after we persuaded the Court that she was terminated for reasons unrelated to her sexual harassment complaint.

Business Dispute – Obtained an injunction against a 50% partner in a limited liability company who was taking business opportunities for himself. The injunction put our client in control of the business while the issues were settled favorably for our client.

(Jason C. Astle)

Paternique Abraham v. Haroon Ihsan Sulehria, Autos In Motion, LLC, H&I Auto Sales, LLC, and H&I Auto Sales, LLC Case 2019CV131

Motion Won – Successfully argued before the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, that all but one of the claims should be dismissed.

(Matthew M. Holycross)

People v. Noe Gamez-Ruiz, Colorado Court of Appeals Case 2019CA396

Noe Gamez-Ruiz was charged with Criminally Negligent Homicide, Careless Driving Causing Death and Failure to Yield the Right-of-way to Stationary Emergency Vehicle after the semi-tractor-trailer he was driving on I-25 struck and killed Colorado State Trooper Cody Donohue. We represented Noe in two trials that ended in mistrials because the prosecution failed to disclose exculpatory evidence. To sanction the prosecution, the judge dismissed the Criminally Negligent Homicide charge. The prosecution appealed. On appeal, the Colorado Court of Appeals agreed with our argument that the judge properly dismissed the Criminally Negligent Homicide charge as a sanction for the prosecution’s discovery violations.

Marriage Dissolution – Successfully argued before the Colorado Court of Appeals, that the property division between our client and her husband needed to be reversed.

(Jonathan L. Stein, Jeffrey A. Springer, Craig L. Pankratz)

22CA0546 Glendale v. Independent Ethics Opinion: City of Glendale v. Colorado IEC, Colorado Court of Appeals, Case No. 22CA0546. We represented the City of Glendale in pursuing a declaratory judgment for the unlawful exercise of jurisdiction over a home rule municipality. The defendant challenged the Court’s jurisdiction to hear our client’s case, claiming our client lacked standing to bring its claim. The Denver County trial court dismissed our client’s claim. We appealed the dismissal. The appellate court agreed with our office, and determined that our client did have the right to bring its claim, reversing the dismissal and sending the case back to the trial court and allowing our client’s claim to move forward.

People v. Gallegos, Colorado Court of Appeals, Case 23COA47: We represented a criminal defendant in a felony murder trial in Arapahoe County who was found guilty by the jury and was sentenced to a life sentence with the Department of Corrections. We appealed the guilty verdict, arguing that the trial court committed reversable error by refusing to instruct the jury on the affirmative defense to felony murder. The appellate court agreed with our office, and determined that the trial court’s failure to instruct the jury on the affirmative defense, as we argued at trial, was improper, reversing the felony murder conviction and sending the case back to the trial court for a new trial on that charge.