Colorado drivers who operate motor vehicles when they’re under the influence of drugs or alcohol do so in violation of state law. Along with the risk of getting arrested and prosecuted, drivers who are under the influence of alcohol or drugs also risk causing car accidents and injuring or killing other motorists or pedestrians.
Continue ReadingAny car accident in Colorado can be terrifying, but few are as catastrophic as those that result in traumatic brain injuries. Even minor damage to one part of the brain can impact a person’s basic functionality. Paralysis is possible, and so is difficulty with motor functions. The victim’s relationships and personality can also suffer as a result of a...
Continue ReadingRecovering from an injury can be a painstaking process especially for people who are very active day in and day out. What’s really bad about it is the amount of time that you have spend not being able to do what you’re used to until you fully recover.
Continue ReadingUpdated on May 23, 2019. How can the suffering that you experience from an injury ever truly be quantified? How can a dollar amount ever be set for the pain that you have gone through? These are the questions that injured parties, insurance companies, and attorneys must struggle with when trying to ascertain how much you deserve to get...
Continue ReadingUpdated on May 23, 2019. You just received the letter in the mail. The insurance company is denying your claim for long-term disability benefits. You are frustrated and upset. The injury was not your fault, and you have done everything that the insurance company has asked you to do. You have been going to therapy and following all the...
Continue ReadingThe jolt of the impact is shocking – you did not even see the other car coming. You are in a car accident, and it is serious. The air bag blew up into your face before you could even react. You had always wondered what it would feel like if the airbags deployed; now that you know, you hope...
Continue ReadingYour senses are alive as you coast down the road. The purring of your bike’s engine, the sun’s rays warming your leather jacket, the cool wind in your face . . . It’s a perfect day to be out riding your motorcycle. In Colorado, although motorcyclists are required to wear protective eye gear, adults are not required by law...
Continue ReadingForeseeable: “Being such as may be reasonably anticipated.” – Merriam-Webster Dictionary Foreseeability: “A reasonable or likely consequence . . .” – Black’s Law Dictionary
Continue ReadingAs a follow up to our previous post Get That Job At Your Dream Law Firm: A Visual Guide on How To Ace Your Interview, for your benefit, we also asked the experts the most pressing question that all new lawyers want to know about interviewing at a law firm: “What’s the biggest mistake someone can make when interviewing...
Continue ReadingAccording to the latest data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), car crashes kill an average of 102 people in the United States every day. We are seeing a slight downward trend, as auto crash fatalities spiked in 2016 and decreased slightly in 2017. Most of these collisions are caused by drunk driving, speeding, distracted driving, failing...
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