· 5/2/1996
Pueblo School District No. 70 v. Toth
Citations
- 924 P.2d 1094
- 1996 WL 29039
How courts have described this case
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- finding that imposition of penalties did not violate excessive fines clause even though “the financial harm suffered by this one claimant may have been relatively small”
- awarding penalties of $10 per day for a 645-day delay in paying medical benefits because there were “645 separate offenses”
- construing the \excessive fines\ clause of the Colorado Constitution consistent with authority construing the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment
- mandating imposition of the penalty at a “daily rate” where violation was continuing
- mandating imposition of the penalty at a “daily rate” where violation was continuing
- \The excessive fines clause of the Eighth Amendment has not been held specifically applicable to the states by virtue of the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause.\
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Judges: Rothenberg, Metzger, Criswell
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