Colorado, March, 2007, State Case law

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State Courts - Colorado - March 8, 2007

Pratt v. Pratt (In re Estate of Ligon), Court of Appeals No. 05CA2442, COURT OF APPEALS OF COLORADO, DIVISION THREE, March 8, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Only a beneficiary who was given a waiver under Colo. Rev. Stat. ? 25.5-4-302(4) from her share of medical expenditures owed by an estate to the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing should have benefitted when the estate was distributed; the portion left due to the waiver should have not been divided amongst all beneficiaries.

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Saxe v. Bd. of Trs. of Metro. State College of Denver, Court of Appeals No. 05CA1251, COURT OF APPEALS OF COLORADO, DIVISION THREE, March 8, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Inter alia, as loss of job security in event of reduction on force (RIF) would strip professors' tenure of its substance, rights to priority and relocation were essential to their contractual right to tenure and were substantive in nature and college board did not have statutory or contractual authority to unilaterally modify handbook provisions.

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Thompson v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., Court of Appeals No.: 05CA2079, COURT OF APPEALS OF COLORADO, DIVISION FOUR, March 8, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Where the homeowners' incurred property damage caused by the discharge of water from the plumbing system, their insurance company denied coverage based upon the water below the surface of the ground exclusion in the policy. In a bad faith action, the trial court properly granted summary judgment for the insurance company under Colo. R. Civ. P. 56.

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