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The Docket: Real estate lawsuit roundup for 5.11.23
The Alfred A. Arraj U.S. Courthouse at 901 19th St. in downtown Denver. (Thomas Gounley photo) Adams District Court The Aerotropolis Regional Transportation Authority v. Andrew D. Schleppi; Bluebird...
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Decorum queen Mary Starkey sued in $100K butler brouhaha
Mary Starkey stands in front of students at the Starkey International Institute for Household Management. (Flickr) Mary Louise Starkey, whose butler bootcamp inside a Capitol Hill mansion has taught...
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Englewood contractor charged with stealing $200K in deposits
Kelsey Lyons, 38, was charged this week with six counts of felony theft. (Denver District Attorney’s Office) A former Englewood contractor was arrested this week and charged with stealing $200,000 in...
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Judge rejects Steve Bachar’s request to move trial out of Denver
Steve Bachar, 57, listens as his attorney, Robert Swestka, speaks during his sentencing hearing in Denver District Court on Friday, March 10, 2023. (Justin Wingerter/BusinessDen) A Denver judge has...
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‘Death knell’: State’s last horse track says tax policy could close it
Quarter horses make their way toward the finish line in the second race of a July 2015 race day. (Kathryn Scott Osler/The Denver Post) The only horse racing track in Colorado said it could close in the...
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Altira v. Altira: Cherry Creek venture capital firm again sues over similar name
The venture capital firm Altira Group is located at 205 Detroit St. in Cherry Creek. (Altira Group) A venture capital firm in Cherry Creek that fought a trademark battle against Philip Morris two...
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Golden Triangle building owner seeks $840K in shattering glass balcony suit
The Eviva on Cherokee Apartments, 1250 Cherokee St. (Courtesy Equity Residential) On Feb. 2, 2022, the pane of a glass balcony in the Golden Triangle fell five stories and shattered on Cherokee Street....
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Twitter stiffed Boulder office cleaners out of $94K, firm says
Twitter was located in the Wencel Building in Boulder between 2016 and late 2022. (BizWest archive photo) Twitter Inc., the social media giant that was evicted from its Boulder office in December, is...
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Christy Sports sued over 2019 purchase of Snowmass rental shops
Mark and Linda Chapdelaine, longtime owners of Stay Tuned Ski & Sports, stand for a photo near the Snowmass Ski Area map in November 2019. (Snowmass Sun) The owners who sold four ski repair and...
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Pikes Peak summit construction case nears six-figure settlement
The Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center at 14,115 feet includes indoor and outdoor exhibits, walkways and popular donuts. (City of Colorado Springs) A legal tussle that has pitted the City of Colorado...
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Sex with client and slurs about judge lead to lawyer’s suspension
The Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center houses the Office of the Presiding Disciplinary Judge. (Cliff Grassmick/Boulder Daily Camera) A Denver attorney will lose his law license for three months...
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The Docket: Real estate lawsuit roundup for 5.25.23
The Alfred A. Arraj U.S. District Court building at 901 19th St. (Kailyn Lamb) Adams District Court Caschette Properties v. Engineered Data Products Holdings Lease dispute. The plaintiff says it leased...
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Westminster woman who stole $800K from feds gets 50 months in prison
The Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse in downtown Denver. (BusinessDen file) A Westminster woman was sentenced to 50 months in prison Monday for running a seven-year scheme that stole $800,000...
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Fix-and-fraud? Football coach thief accused of fleecing real estate...
Investors say they put $175,000 into a fix-and-flip project at this home, 1257 N. Corona St. in Denver, and received nothing in return. (Justin Wingerter/BusinessDen) Fifteen real estate investors say...
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Jury finds Castle Rock man stole more than $1M meant for children’s hospitals
William Schwartz, 44, was arrested in April 2022 on two counts of theft and one count of money laundering. (Courtesy of the Denver District Attorney’s Office) A Denver jury has convicted a Castle Rock...
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Pandemic didn’t justify midcycle property tax break, high court rules
A drone shot of Larimer Square in March 2020. (Courtesy Guerilla Capturing) In a series of rulings Tuesday, the Colorado Supreme Court decided that the COVID-19 pandemic was not a “detrimental act of...
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Feds return home sale proceeds seized from ex-Amazon worker in Northstar case
Brian Watson, owner of Denver-based Northstar Commercial Partners, is fighting a lawsuit filed by Amazon. (Courtesy photo) The federal government has agreed to pay a former Amazon employee for a...
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Swingers club wants Centennial’s lawsuit dropped in wake of closure
The Office Social Club operated out of this office building at 6886 S. Yosemite St. in Centennial. (BusinessDen file) An alleged sex club in Centennial and its landlord say the club has closed and...
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Cabin owners sue Estes Park over new short-term rental ‘impact fee’
The Estes Park Aerial Tramway, which began operation in 1956. (The Denver Post/Visit Estes Park) Two vacation property owners in Estes Park say the tourist town’s new fee on short-term rentals is an...
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Real estate investor Gary Dragul’s fraud trial begins Monday after five-year...
Gary Dragul’s company previously owned the Happy Canyon Shopping Center along Hampden Avenue in southeast Denver. (BusinessDen file) Five years after he was first indicted by a state grand jury, the...
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