Colorado Politics: Colorado’s second-highest court agreed earlier this month that a former vaccine distribution contractor for the state failed to show Denver7 should be liable for defamation through its series of stories about the company’s problems.

Between 2021 and 2022, Denver7 published four articles describing employees of Jogan Health, LLC not receiving payments, false statements in Jogan Health’s bid for the COVID-19 vaccination contract, and a wage theft violation resulting in Jogan Health paying $6,000 in penalties. 

In response, Jogan Health and its owner, Daniel Dietrich, filed a defamation lawsuit against Scripps Media, reporter Bayan Wang and others. The plaintiffs alleged 14 false and damaging statements in the news coverage. 

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