Burns are among the most painful, debilitating, and disfiguring injuries an individual can suffer. Even relatively minor burns cause severe pain, but serious burn injuries like second, third, and fourth-degree burns can cause permanent physical and emotional trauma, especially if they cover a significant portion of the burn victim’s body or leave substantial scars and disfigurement on their face. The trauma is even more devastating when someone else’s actions cause the burns. Serious burns can occur in car accidents, explosions,…

Suffering a sudden serious injury can catapult an individual’s life in an unexpected direction, causing temporary or even permanent pain, suffering, and debility. Even a relatively minor injury with an anticipated full recovery can cause temporary financial hardship. A more serious injury may result in permanent life-altering adverse effects like disability or impairment. In fault-based insurance states like Colorado, an injury victim can recover compensation for their damages from an at-fault party when someone else’s negligent, reckless, or wrongful actions…

Colorado takes roadway safety seriously, including efforts to ensure that commercial truck drivers are adequately trained before taking large, unwieldy trucks on the road. A truck can outweigh a standard passenger car by as much as 76,000 pounds, posing a serious safety hazard to vulnerable motorists. According to the National Safety Council, there were 5,837 fatal truck accidents in a single recent year. Colorado addresses the problem with training requirements for commercial license holders. Training for Commercial Truck Drivers In…

Losing a loved one in a sudden preventable death causes grief and anguish, with life-long repercussions for family members. These impacts are often financial as well as emotional, especially if the loved one was a family provider or the family member who cared for the home and children. The consequences of a sudden preventable death become the family’s “damages” in a wrongful death claim in Colorado. When a family member’s death occurred due to another party’s negligence, recklessness, or wrongdoing,…

No one likes to have their reputation smeared, but sometimes false claims lobbied against us cause serious harm, including lost job opportunities, a decline in business, or even the loss of personal friendships and relationships. When someone makes false statements about another person to the public, it’s a form of personal injury. The victim whose name was sullied may suffer significant damages from the defamation. Written defamation is libel, while spoken defamation is slander. Both are forms of defamation if…