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Killmer Lane obtains historic $3.2 million settlement for the family of Jeffrey Melvin against the City of Colorado Springs.
Killmer Lane obtains historic $3.2 million settlement for the family of Jeffrey Melvin against the City of Colorado Springs. The City of Colorado Springs has agreed to pay $3.2 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Killmer Lane on behalf of the family of Jeffrey Melvin. This marks the largest police misconduct settlement in the city's history, and comes after a seven year battle for justice for Mr. Melvin's death at the hands of Colorado [...]
Poudre School District to pay $16.2 million for child abuse.
LAWSUIT: Poudre School District pays $16.2 million to settle lawsuit for child abuse. Poudre School District will pay a total of $16,200,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the parents of ten children who suffered horrific abuse at the hands of former employee Tyler Zanella, a paraprofessional who was hired as a bus attendant to assist autistic, mostly non-verbal, elementary school children. Killmer Lane client, the Montgomery family, were among the families included in the [...]
Jim Purdy, 76, Dies of Injuries After 70+ Violent Falls in Jefferson County Jail
LAWSUIT: Jim Purdy, 76, Dies After Dozens of Violent Falls in Jefferson County Jail Killmer Lane, LLP is proud to represent the family of Jim Purdy, who died as a result of the cruel indifference of Jefferson County Sheriff's personnel and the Jefferson County Jail's notoriously dangerous, incompetent private medical services provider, VitalCore. Mr. Purdy, who suffered from Parkinson's Disease and Dementia, fell violently over 70 times over the course of approximately a month's incarceration [...]
Suhail Abdu Anam al-Sharabi Freed
Killmer Lane, LLP is gratified to report that our fifth (and final) client, Suhail Abdu Anam al-Sharabi, who had been wrongfully imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for almost 23 years, has finally been released from custody and resettled in Oman. Suhail was brutally tortured in the earlier years of the prison, and has been cleared for release for several years. We have represented him (and 4 other Yemeni men) since 2006, and finally all five have [...]
Child With Autism Assaulted By Paraprofessional
Child With Autism Who Was Repeatedly Assaulted By A Former Poudre School District (PSD) Paraprofessional KL Partners David Lane and Liana Orshan filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of the family of a child with autism who was repeatedly assaulted by a former Poudre School District (PSD) paraprofessional, Tyler Zanella, while riding the bus to school. PSD officials knew that Zanella had a concerning criminal history, but chose to hire him and place him in [...]
Barbaric Hazing Ritual at DPD Academy
Barbaric Hazing Ritual at the Denver Police Academy KL Partners Darold Killmer and Reid Allison, with co-counsel John Holland, filed a lawsuit in Denver District Court today to seek justice for our client Victor Moses, who lost both legs after being forced to endure a "barbaric hazing ritual" at the Denver police academy. Known as "Fight Day," this hazing ritual is an unnecessarily violent rite of passage that recruits have to endure to be accepted [...]






