Car accidents can leave a person facing many frustrations, including injuries, property damage, and financial distress. After an accident, you may wonder, Who pays for medical expenses in a car accident in Colorado? The answer depends on your particular situation, but you may be entitled to financial recovery for your injuries. If you or a loved one have been...
Continue ReadingColorado law requires automobile owners to have insurance. Car insurance policies have policy limits that dictate how much an individual is entitled to for injuries and property damage after a car accident. In some cases, policy limits may not be enough to cover the expenses incurred after your accident. So after a crash, you may wonder, How often do...
Continue ReadingWhether you are in the Boulder, Denver, or Fort Collins area, injuries happen every day. In Boulder, we see quite a few bicycle-related injuries. In the Denver metro area, we see a lot of injuries caused by car accidents. Sometimes we injure ourselves and have to personally bear all of the associated costs. Other times, injuries happen through no...
Continue ReadingIf you or a loved one suffered a head injury in Colorado, you need help from an experienced traumatic brain injury lawyer. Victims can sustain severe head injuries in car accidents, bicycle accidents, or slip and fall accidents, or as a result of a defective product. No matter what type of injury accident caused your brain injury, you could...
Continue ReadingYou may hear people tell you that you should hire an attorney if you sustained severe injuries in a car crash. However, what is considered a serious injury in a car accident? Serious injuries are ones that result in permanent damage, loss of a body organ or function, significantly limited use of a body part, fractures, disfigurement, spinal cord...
Continue ReadingIf a member of your family lost their life in an accident caused by another’s negligence or willful act, you may wonder who can sue for wrongful death in Colorado. If you are the surviving spouse, child, beneficiary, or, in certain cases, the surviving parents of a loved one killed, you have a right to file a wrongful death...
Continue ReadingSlip and fall accidents are some of the trickiest situations in personal injury law. One reason for this is that they can happen most anywhere and to anyone. They are not very predictable and the weather doesn’t have to be icy, snowy or wet for an accident to take place. Most everyone will suffer a fall at some point...
Continue ReadingMost of the civil cases in the United States have to do with personal injury. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the country has an average of 6 million car accidents a year. This does not include 125,000 collisions involving other vehicles, 5,000 deaths from road accidents, and 1.5 million medical malpractice cases every year. How do...
Continue ReadingAfter you’ve been injured in a car accident in Colorado, your first move is to seek medical attention. It doesn’t take long, however, before you start wondering how long you have to file a claim. If you weren’t the one responsible for the accident, you want to know that you won’t have to bear the full weight of your...
Continue ReadingIn Colorado, adults sitting in the back seat of a car do not have to wear a seat belt, but all drivers and passengers sitting in the front must be wear a seatbelt. Why the difference? The reason is that a seat belt’s effectiveness has been shown to be much greater for front seat passengers. That is not to...
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