Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), employers are required to pay overtime at a rate of one-and-one-half times the regular rate of pay to employees who work more than 40 hours in a week, unless the employee is subject to an exemption. Among the exemptions...
The Colorado Supreme Court issued a ruling finding a carrier, acting in accordance with its underwriting records and with the policy as issued though later reformed voluntarily by the carrier, was reasonable in denying UIM coverage to a claimant not identified as an...
U.S. District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl, sitting in Casper, Wyoming, issued a ruling late Tuesday, June 21, 2016, invalidating an Interior Department Rule setting stricter standards for hydraulic fracturing on public lands, saying that the Interior Department...
The Colorado Supreme Court recently addressed the issue of whether an in-bounds avalanche at a ski resort was included in the definition of “inherent dangers and risks of skiing.” In Fleury v. IntraWest Winter Park Operations Corp., 2016 CO 41 (Colo. May 31, 2016),...
Hall & Evans prevailed on summary judgment motion in a coverage dispute as to the enforceability of a drop down provision in an auto policy, defeating efforts to void the clause by application of the out of state coverage provision of the policy as the accident...
