The Role of Pre- and Post-Judgment Interest
Colorado Personal Injury Plaintiffs Are Entitled to Interest on Damages Unfortunately, justice is not immediate. Colorado personal injury cases often take a long time to resolve, and plaintiffs are routinely required to wait months or even years to be compensated for...
Colorado Personal Injury Cases and the Statute of Limitations
How These Laws Affect the Viability of Your Claim If you are injured in a Colorado auto accident, you might be considering whether to bring a personal injury lawsuit. But you don't have an unlimited amount of time to decide: Your deadline is dictated by what is called...
When Is Arbitration the Right Choice for My Colorado Personal Injury Case?
The Pros and Cons of One Method of Alternative Dispute Resolution Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) involves any means of settling legal disputes, including personal injury cases, outside of a courtroom. The two most common forms of ADR are mediation and...
Liability Under Colorado’s Good Samaritan Law
Encouraging People to Offer Assistance to the Injured Following an Auto Accident or Other Emergency The religious parable of the Good Samaritan goes something like this: a Jewish traveler who was severely beaten and stripped of his clothing was left to die alongside...
My Colorado Personal Injury Case Just Settled: Now What?
6 Steps From Settlement to Final Disbursement Almost all personal injury cases settle before or during trial, and when settlement is reached, you'll want to know to expect next. Although the steps from settlement to disbursement might vary slightly depending on the...
When Negligence Is Against the Law
How Negligence Per Se Differs From Ordinary Negligence in a Colorado Personal Injury Case There is more than one kind of most everything, and in the context of Colorado personal injury law, there is more than one kind of negligence. There is ordinary negligence, which...