In local courts, the 10th Circuit sided with PorterCare's insurer in a dispute over grouped claims related to the hospital's inadequate surgical sterilization procedures. Specifically, the appeals court found the hospital isn’t entitled to insurance coverage for the claims of multiple patients grouped together. The Colorado Court of Appeals this week determined that, in a wrongful termination case, the Health Care Worker Protection Act is subject to a notice requirement under the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act. Also this week, a Colorado attorney was suspended for calling both opposing counsel and his own client an obscene name.
