The case of a now preteen Georgia girl whose left earlobe was bitten off by a horse near Aspen, Colorado, in 2006, has been settled the day before it was set to go to trial. The girl and her parents, Scott Birkholz and Tiffany Britt, had filed the lawsuit against Maroon Bells Lodge and Outfitters [...]
By Peter Nero Are you involved in a personal injury case? If so, you may want to consider stepping away from – or at least taming – your activity on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. According to Facebook, more than 500 million users are active and half of them log on in any [...]
It’s been dry. Not only has rain been absent, but temperatures have been increasing, as well. In Colorado, that means the dangerous potential for wildfires. Keith Coffman, a reporter for Reuters, describes a recent wildfire in a piece syndicated on CBS 6: An out-of-control wildfire has charred 2,000 acres, destroyed at least one house and [...]
One form of injury that is becoming more and more common in modern America is the dog bite. As a matter of fact, the number of bite-related injuries reported annually almost doubled in recent years. Maryanne Mott, a reporter for Business Week, shares the unfortunate statistics: Each year, approximately 4.5 million people in the United States [...]
There are two important things you can do to reduce your chances of getting into an auto accident — pay attention and have a “Plan B.” Accidents happen. There is no way to get around that. Reducing the number and severity of accidents, however, is an attainable goal. Carelessness and inattention are all too often [...]
Last Friday saw an early morning collision between a tow truck and a public bus just outside of Aspen, Colorado. The Roaring Fork Transportation Authority bus was en route to Snowmass Village from the Brush Creek intercept lot when it was hit by a D&D Professional Towing truck. The Glenwood Springs Post Independent reports some of the [...]
Just before Christmas I wrote about an accident involving a bus full of Texan tourists that had left eight people hospitalized, including an 11-year-old girl, while 38 other passengers had sustained minor injuries. Now there is fresh news as this incident approaches the courtroom. KLTV reported a few days ago: The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Fort [...]
One variety of injury that we have yet to really touch on here is dog bites. Canines can bite in a wide variety of locations and circumstances. Even a normally friendly and well socialized dog can attack if it feels threatened. Two very important things that can help reduce the number of incidents are education [...]
The number of injuries and fatalities caused by intoxicated driving is truly staggering, whether examined at a local, regional, or national, level. In the ongoing battle against drunk driving, organizations like Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) have formed, laws have been enacted, penalties have been intensified, and awareness campaigns have been implemented. Now, in the age of social [...]
People are injured in accidents every day. Sometimes they are just that: accidents. Sometimes they occur due to the negligence of another. Your experiences in the wake of an accident can be overwhelming, particularly if the accident results in extreme trauma. (This is one reason Colorado accident lawyer Dan Rosen has his practice: receiving a [...]
