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Due Process Clause

The part that trips people up most is that due process is not a general guarantee of fairness from everyone; it mainly limits what the government can do. In the U.S....

Equal Protection Clause

Why does the government seem allowed to treat one person differently from another? The Equal Protection Clause is the part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution...

Ten months after that broken light in Green River, your back still hurts and the policy-limit story may be a lie

What the real Wyoming deadlines look like when a Green River crash involved a malfunctioning signal and an adjuster may have lowballed you by lying about coverage.

ARTICLE by Janet Pfeiffer

First Amendment retaliation

You may see this phrase in a complaint, demand letter, internal discipline notice, or a lawyer's explanation that a government employer, officer, school, or agency took action...

You may see this phrase in a civil rights complaint, a denial letter, or a lawyer's explanation that someone "acted under color of law." It means a person used power that came...

discretionary function

Government lawyers and insurance adjusters often raise this phrase as a shield: if a public agency's decision involved judgment or policy choice, they argue the claim is barred...

Section 1983 lawsuit

You just got a letter that says your case may belong in federal court as a "Section 1983 action" because a government official violated your constitutional rights. Strip away...

failure to intervene

You just got a letter that says an officer or supervisor may be liable for "failure to intervene," even if that person never threw a punch, pulled a trigger, or made the...

qualified immunity defense

You may see this in a motion to dismiss, an answer to a lawsuit, or a letter from a government lawyer saying an officer, deputy, school official, or other public employee is...

deliberate indifference standard

A legal fault standard requiring proof that a person or government official knew of a substantial risk of serious harm or a likely rights violation and consciously disregarded...

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act

The part that trips people up most: Title VI is not the employment-discrimination law. It bars discrimination based on race, color, or national origin by programs and agencies...

disparate impact analysis

You may see this phrase in an agency charge, a court brief, or a lawyer's letter explaining that a policy looks neutral on paper but may still be unlawful because of the way it...

Miss this label after a fall, dog bite, or icy walkway injury, and a claim can get weaker fast because the property owner may have owed less protection than you assumed. A...

Still hurting three years after a Casper crash, am I too late?

In Colorado, most vehicle-injury claims expire after 3 years; in Wyoming, you usually have 4 years. For a private crash claim in Casper, that means you may still have time if...

excessive force claim

You just got a letter that says the officer's actions were "reasonable under the circumstances," even though you ended up on the pavement, in cuffs, with broken ribs and a...

duty to inspect

A duty to inspect is a legal obligation to make reasonable checks for dangerous conditions so hazards can be found and fixed, or at least warned about, before someone gets...

A consent decree is a court-approved settlement that binds the parties like an order. Each part matters. "Consent" means the parties agreed to it, usually to end a lawsuit...

manufacturing defect

The biggest mistake is assuming a product was "just dangerous" when the real problem was that your particular one came off the line wrong. That can cost money, because a...

If Gillette says you were partly at fault, your business can start falling apart fast

A rear-end crash with a city truck in Gillette can turn into a blame fight fast, and Wyoming's government-claim rules make the stakes even worse when your work, visa, and employees all depend on you.

ARTICLE by Janet Pfeiffer

Daubert challenge

Not a claim that an expert is lying, and not some magic motion that automatically blows up the other side's case. A Daubert challenge is an attack on whether an expert's...