Torts: 2011 Annual Survey of Colorado Law
March 2012
Torts: 2011 Annual Survey of Colorado Law - LIVE IN DENVER
Program Description:
A lot happened in 2011 in the area of Tort Law, especially in the appellate courts. Are you familiar with all the case law and developments? In this hour, Mr. Grund covers updates in numerous areas of tort law that should interest almost any civil litigator, including:
- The Dram Shop Statute
- The Colorado Governmental Immunity Act
- The Civil Theft Statute
- The Punitive Damages Statute
- Res ipsa loquitur doctrine and sudden-emergency instruction
- Medical malpractice
- Legal malpractice and negligent misrepresentation
- Constitutionality of significant punitive-damages award
- Burden of proof
- Certification of class actions
- Proof necessary for but-for causation
- Recreational-liability claims
- Negligent infliction of emotional distress
- Trade-secret status of proprietary computer databases
Presented by John W. Grund, Esq.
Agenda:
11:30 am - 12:00 pm Registration (Lunch Provided)
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Torts: 2011 Annual Survey of Colorado Law
About the Faculty:
John Grund, Esq.
Grund · Dagner, P.C.
John W. Grund is managing shareholder at Grund · Dagner, P.C., in Denver. He is licensed in state and federal court in Colorado and Wyoming, the Fifth, Sixth, and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeal, and practices throughout the Rocky Mountain region, specializing in the defense of complex and multidistrict litigation and emphasizing product liability, recreation/amusement liability, common-carrier and general aviation law, hospital liability, professional negligence, and insurance law. He was educated at Pomona College (B.A.), the University of Washington (M.A.), and the University of Colorado (J.D.). Before entering private practice, he served as law clerk to the Honorable Fred M. Winner, Chief Judge for U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.
Mr. Grund is an appointed member of the Colorado Supreme Court Committee on Civil Pattern Jury Instructions (since 1987) and chairs the subcommittee responsible for Product Liability, Professional Malpractice, and Insurance Bad Faith. He is co-author of (and annually supplements) the four-volume Personal Injury Practice - Torts and Insurance (West Group 2d ed. 2000), contributed three chapters to Colorado Courtroom Handbook - Civil Trials (CLE in Colo., Inc. 1998) (Supp. 2001, 2006, 2008, 2010, & 2011), and is a frequent presenter at seminars concerning trial practice, tort liability, and risk-management issues for lawyers as well as representatives from all sectors of the amusement and recreational industry. Mr. Grund has been peer-selected each year since 2007 for the Colorado SuperLawyers in the classification of Personal Injury Defense: General, and for The Best Lawyers in America, in the Insurance Law Specialty.
Location Information
CLECI Small Classroom
1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
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1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $69.00 |
| CBA | $49.00 |
| LITIG | $39.00 |
- General Credits: 1.00
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