Coffee at the Point must pay $45K to Five Points landlord Flyfisher Group

A Denver judge has ordered the now-closed Coffee at the Point to pay $45,000 to The Flyfisher Group, a Five Points landlord whose litigious tactics rankled tenants.

During a 25-minute hearing Wednesday morning, Judge Stephanie Scoville heard a one-sided discussion of whether a settlement between Flyfisher and former Coffee at the Point owner Ryan Cobbins was reached last fall and, if so, whether it should be enforced.

Under Colorado law, companies must be represented by an attorney at court hearings. Coffee at the Point did not have an attorney — Cobbins said he could not “in good conscience” pay a lawyer to represent a closed coffee shop — and therefore could not be heard Wednesday. So, only Flyfisher attorney Joseph Sanchez made arguments before the judge.

Sanchez acknowledged that no written settlement exists between Coffee at the Point and Flyfisher, which is run by Matthew Burkett. But, he said, attorneys for the two sides drafted a settlement in November a...