Personal Injury and Malpractice.
PRACTICE AREA:
It is one of the most common legal issues that people encounter, so it stands to reason that Personal Injury is a big issue for our community.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every year nearly 100 million people seek emergency treatment for an unintentional injury. The misconduct of careless, clueless or just bad people causes many of these injuries and, given the complexity and fragility of the human body, there are many possible types of personal injury damages and many types of personal injury claims.
Personal Injury claims have two fundamental issues—liability and damages. Liability refers to who is at fault in the incident, while damages refers to how you have been harmed, and what your losses are.
In most cases, this misconduct is negligence, a legal term that means something along the lines of 'carelessness.' In some situations, the claim arises from recklessness, a more severe form of negligence typified by, for example, intoxicated driving. The third state of mind associated with personal injury is intentional misconduct, typified by a “road rage” incident, or a deliberated desire to harm, like child molestation.
A small personal injury claim might amount to only a few hundred dollars. The very largest personal injury claims can run into the hundreds of millions of dollars and involve hundreds or even thousands of victims. Most personal injury claims fall between these two extremes, however.
- Auto accidents. Automobile accidents are perhaps the most common single subtype of personal injury claims.
- Motorcycle accidents. Motorcycle accidents frequently produce catastrophic injuries.
- Bicycle accidents. Colorado has a lot of bikes on our roads and drivers are notoriously careless. This area of law is another passion of ours, and we pursue these with a vengence.
- Pedestrian accidents. Pedestrian accidents occur most often in urban areas. Wrongful death claims are common.
- Uber/Lyft accidents. Rideshare accidents are becoming more and more common. On-duty Uber and Lyft drivers are typically well-insured.
Winning a medical malpractice claim typically requires at least one expert medical witness, and are very expensive to bring. These cases also tend to be scientifically complex, but as more members of our community undergo affirming procedures, this area of law becomes more important than ever.
Winning a medical malpractice claim typically requires at least one expert medical witness, and are very expensive to bring. These cases also tend to be scientifically complex, but as more members of our community undergo affirming procedures, this area of law becomes more important than ever.
Any type of personal injury claim can become a wrongful death claim if the victim dies from the injury.
The owner or operator of a public establishment and even the owner of a private home must ensure that their premises is safe for guests, people performing legal duties such as mail carriers and, to some extent, some types of trespassers. Most premises liability claims are filed against businesses. The most common type of premises liability claim is a personal injury claim over a slip and fall accident.
The owner or operator of premises must repair or warn of any dangerous condition that they know of or could have discovered through a reasonable inspection of the property is an area of law that we see frequently.
Most personal injury cases involving animal bites and attacks are dog bites. Colorado has excellent laws intended to help compensate the victims of animal attacks.
- Defamation, libel and slander
- Head Injuries
- Assault and Civil Battery
- Sexual Abuse and Molestation
Types of damages in personal injury cases include medical expenses, lost earnings, out-of-pocket expenses, pain and suffering, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, and several similar types of damages. As illustrated above, these damages can be tangible or intangible. You can add punitive damages to available personal injury types of damages under certain circumstances.
- We enjoy a successful trial record, making opposing parties more willing to settle than to face us in court.
- Our attorneys have 30 years of combined experience.
- We have won thousands of cases.
- Our attorneys have experience in all sorts of complex cases and have faced down (and beaten) some of the most capable law firms in the country.
- Our attorneys have practiced in Colorado for decades, and we know the players in Colorado.
- And most importantly - we are part of this community. We live it, and we believe in it.
verdicts & settlements
Against energy companies who negligently set up a fracking well, resulting in the burn death of Plaintiff's husband, an undocumented worker.
wrongful death
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Violation of the A for failure to adequately control Plaintiff's wheelchair, and she was seriously injured as a result.
negligence
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Settlement after filing lawsuit. Mary K., mother of Addy K., infant who died after being left unattended for more than an hour at White Oaks Academy Day Care.
negligence, Wrongful death
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