Rep. Clarice Navarro, a Republican from Pueblo, receives her Common Sense in the Courtroom Award from Mark Hillman, a former state senator who is executive director of the Colorado Civil Justice League.
A group aimed at limiting what it sees as unreasonable lawsuits has passed judgment on Colorado legislators and was generous in its settlement. Thirty of the 65 state representatives and seven of the 35 state senators received a Common Sense in the Courtroom Award from the
The tally included five Democrats from the House — Jeni Arndt, Alec Garnett, Tracy Kraft-Tharp, Dan Pabon and Angela Williams — and three from the Senate — Leroy Garcia, Cheri Jahn and Jessie Ulibarri.
The rest, of course, were Republicans, a list that included House caucus leader Brian Del Grosso.
The rest of the Republicans were Clarice Navarro, Jon Becker, Patrick Neville, J. Paul Brown, Dan Nordberg, Perry Buck, Terri Carver, Kevin Priola, Don Coram, Bob Rankin, Kim Ransom, Justin Everett, Lori Saine, Lang Sias, Steve Humphrey, Jack Tate, Janak Joshi, Dan Thurlow, Gordon Klingenschmitt, Yeulin Willett, Polly Lawrence, Jim Wilson, Paul Lundeen and JoAnn Windholz.
The Republican senators on the list were Randy Baumgardner, Ellen Roberts, Jerry Sonnenberg and Chris Holbert.
“Itap an honor to receive this award, because I believe we have far too many frivolous lawsuits taking place, and I have a strong voting record supporting that,” Navarro said.
The Colorado Civil Justice League, a nonpartisan group, is made up of representatives of manufacturing, automotive, energy, health care, insurance, construction, entertainment, financial, legal and small businesses.
“At CCJL, we are grateful for the bipartisan support of legislators who understand the importance of an efficient and balanced court system to our state’s economy,” said executive director Mark Hillman.
