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Colorado Springs Police Officer Pepper Sprayed a 17-year-old Girl While in the Backseat of a Police Car

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A lawsuit filed in El Paso County last week alleges that a Colorado Springs police officer pepper sprayed a 17-year-old girl twice while she was handcuffed in the backseat of a police car. The lawsuit alleges that on Oct. 17, 2020, Amara Keens-Dumas was approached by officers Ryan Yoshimiya and Brianna Ragsdale around 3 a.m. after someone told police that Keens-Dumas had gotten into a verbal altercation with her boyfriend. Officers responded to the scene but were asked by Keens-Dumas' brother to leave. But 45 minutes later the officers returned to the house when Keens-Dumas began crying in the street, the lawsuit states. The lawsuit states that two officers handcuffed Keens-Dumas and forced her against the side of their police vehicle. When Yoshimiya touched her leg, despite Keens-Dumas asking him not to, it triggered a "trauma response" because she was a victim of rape, something her brother had told officers…
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Castle Rock DUI Driver Killed Two People As Their Car Broke Down

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Two people died on Interstate 25 in Douglas County when they were hit by an alleged DUI driver, according to the Colorado State Patrol. About 10:30 p.m. Wednesday a trooper responded to assist a motorist who was having “vehicle trouble” on northbound Interstate 25 near Castle Rock, according to a news release. Four people were in the vehicle, which was missing a tire and was parked on the shoulder. There were two people who were outside of the disabled vehicle were instructed by the trooper to “return to their vehicle and get back inside as a safety precaution,” the release said. The trooper was walking away from the two people heading towards his cruiser when a 'random car took over the shoulder” and struck the pair as they were getting back into the vehicle. Both victims died at the scene upon impact, and the driver who hit them then hit…
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Hit and Run Accident at Golden Bar located at Rock Rest Lodge In Colorado Where Seven Were Injured

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]One man was killed and seven other people injured early Sunday morning when a driver plowed through a crowd gathered outside a Rock Rest Lodge a Golden Colorado bar, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s office. Four men were taken to hospitals with serious injuries and three other people sustained minor injuries, according to the sheriff’s office. The victims, who include bar employees, have not been publicly identified. The incident happened outside Rock Rest Lodge at 16005 Mt. Vernon Road in Golden at around 1:40 a.m. Investigators believe a fight broke out between “some of the victims,” the driver and another man before the driver steered a Chevy Silverado through a crowd gathered near the bar’s parking lot. Two men have been arrested: the alleged driver, Ruben Marquez, 29, and the registered owner of the vehicle, Ernesto DeJesus Avila, 25, who was a passenger in the pickup truck during the…
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Concussion Expert Chris Nowinski Warned Tua Tagovailoa Shouldn’t Play says Brain Damage is Possible

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As fate would have it Chris Nowinski had a bad feeling hours before the Dolphins kicked off Thursday night about Tua Tagovailoa and a worse feeling after they did. Then last Friday, Nowinski, a leading expert on concussions, and founder of the Concussion Legacy Foundation stated that he fears Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa may have permanent brain damage which could lead to chronic traumatic encephalopathy. And being an active player in the NFL could lead to needing an NFL Disability Claim Attorney later on down the road. Nowinski, a Boynton Beach, Florida resident, had warned that if the Dolphins allowed Tagovailoa to play against the Cincinnati Bengals, it would represent a “massive step back” for concussion care in the NFL. Tagovailoa did play and did suffer a concussion. Now the Dolphins and NFL are facing hard questions on whether the league’s concussion protocol either failed or was not adhered to,…
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Nuggets Coach Michael Malone Involved in a Denver Hit and Run Accident

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The last thing Nuggets coach Michael Malone did before taking a plow from behind by a 4,500-pound truck was curse. “It’s rush hour. Bumper-to-bumper traffic on the highway, So I come to a stop, look up to check the rearview mirror. And I see this frickin’ blue-and-white old Ford pickup truck, barreling down on me,” Malone said. “The guy never hit his brakes. I have just enough time to say: ‘Bleep!’ And then … boom!” On the next to last day of summer, exactly one week before Malone opened training camp as coach of the Nuggets for the eighth time, he walked out of Ball Arena and hopped in his Chevy Silverado, with assistant Ryan “Ry-Bo” Bowen riding shotgun. They headed south down the highway so both coaches could be home in time for dinner. Checking a traffic app on his cellphone, Bowen directed Malone to take the off-ramp from…
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Three Fatal Traffic Crashes in Colorado Springs In One Day

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Three people died in three separate car accidents crashes in Colorado Springs overnight would possibly need a Colorado Spring personal injury lawyer to assist, according to Colorado Springs police department. The first crash occurred around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday near the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs campus, at the intersection of Austin Bluffs Parkway and Mallow Road. Police said the crash involved a car and a motorcycle, and that the motorcyclist was pronounced dead on scene. The second fatal crash occurred just after 10 p.m. Tuesday when a vehicle hit a pedestrian in the 3600 block of Maizeland Road and then drove off, police said. The pedestrian, officials concluded, had either been walking or riding a bicycle when the hit-and-run crash occurred. The pedestrian was pronounced deceased on scene. A third fatal crash involving a semi-truck and pedestrian happened just before 1 a.m. Wednesday on Interstate 25 near South Circle…
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Juul Labs Cannot be Personally Sued in Colorado

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A judge from the Colorado Supreme Court that four executives at electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs cannot be personally sued in Colorado for their company’s allegedly illegal marketing practices, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday. This kind of personal injury law firm or personal injury lawyer relates to Product Liability whereas product designers, manufacturers, and distributors have a legal responsibility to create and sell products that are reasonably safe for general use. When flawed, faulty, or defective products make it into the hands of consumers, innocent individuals can be severely injured, thats when product liability injuries in Colorado can occur based on invention. Juul founders Adam Bowen and James Monsees and board members Nicholas Pritzker and Riaz Valani did not take enough action in Colorado or target Colorado residents to be subject to personal liability in the Colorado’s civil courts, six of the Colorado’s Supreme Court justices ruled Monday. The…
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Motorcyclist Accident in Collision with Van Identified In Colorado Springs

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The El Paso County Coroner’s Office has identified a Colorado Springs man who died of injuries when his motorcycle collided with a van in August, according to a news release from the Colorado Springs Police Department. Kristoff Martinez-Olivera, 19, died from his injuries Sept. 15 at a hospital, police said. At 8:50 p.m. on Aug. 27, officers responded to a call about a crash involving a van and a motorcycle at East Platte Avenue and North Murray Boulevard. A motorcycle rider, suffering from serious injuries, was taken to a hospital, police said. Major Crash Team investigators determined that the motorcycle had been driving east on Platte Avenue when it collided with a westbound van making a turn onto Murray Boulevard. The impact threw the rider from the bike, police said. Speed is believed to have been a factor in the crash. No arrests have been made, police said. Martinez-Olivera’s death…
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Motorcycle Accident Occurs North Boulder Crash

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The motorcycle rider hit by an RTD bus in north Boulder last week. The rider was identified in a release from the Boulder County Coroner’s Office on Monday as Ryan Bigoness, 37. The release did not state when Bigoness died. Boulder police said the crash occurred at the intersection of Broadway and Lee Hill Drive just before 6 p.m. Wednesday. According to a release, the motorcyclist was headed south on Broadway when he collided with the bus, whose driver was making a left turn on to Lee Hill Drive from northbound Broadway. Boulder police said the motorcyclist was transported to the hospital in critical condition before succumbing to his injuries in the days following the crash. While she could not confirm the date of death, Boulder police spokeswoman Marya Washburn said the case is now being investigated as a fatal crash, though the the Boulder County Coroner’s Office will determine…
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Man Killed Leaving Dump Truck In Colorado Springs Possible Wrongful Death Legal Suit

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A 62-year-old man from Colorado Springs died after being struck by a vehicle Thursday morning while on his way to a jobsite, according to Colorado State Patrol. The man stepped away from his parked dump truck with his back to an active lane of oncoming traffic around 7 a.m. at the corner of Gleneagle Drive and Huntington Beach Drive in north Colorado Springs, State Patrol said. He was struck by a vehicle driven by an 18-year-old male driver, who sustained no injuries. Witnesses said the pedestrian was attempting to cross the lanes of traffic to contact co-workers in the area. The workers were picking up dirt on Huntington Beach Drive, state patrol said. The glare from the sunrise is a factor being considered in the crash, said Troy Kessler, a spokesman for the patrol. When a person dies as a result of someone else’s negligence or wrongful conduct, the surviving…
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