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What to Do if You Are the Victim of a Boating Accident in Colorado?
Before you set foot on a boat, you should know how to prevent injuries. However, when something does happen, you must also understand your legal rights and responsibilities.
Workplace Safety: Who’s Responsible for What?
Labeling something as a “Freak Accident” may accidentally have the net effect of pardoning the company and drawing attention away from lax or non-existent employee safety measures.
Basics on Liability Claims Against Trucking Companies
Claims may be made against a negligent truck driver, for one, but you may also look to pursue legal action against the driver’s company as well.
Specific Factors to Be Aware of in Motorcycle Liability Cases
There are a few factors of special concern for victims of motorcycle accidents that may differ from the typical concerns in a motor vehicle accident.
HB19-1283 on Disclosure of Insurance Liability Coverage
The state of Colorado recently passed a bill, HB19-1283, that serves as a perfect example by requiring insurers that provide liability insurance to disclose statements and written requests within a certain time period.
Common Causes of Distracted Driving Incidents
Per the CDC, over 1,000 people are injured daily due to vehicle accidents that involve a distracted driver.
Understanding Liability in Hunting Accident Cases
Let’s go over some basics to know here, including how negligence plays a role in resulting personal injury cases and how to ensure you aren’t the victim or perpetrator in a hunting accident.
Compensation for Passengers in Ride-Share Vehicle Accidents
If you’re injured in an accident as a passenger in a ride-sharing vehicle like Uber or Lyft, how can you go about seeking compensation? Here are some basics to understand.
Factors in Sporting Events and Personal Injury Claims
Let’s go over the risks present here, the “assumed” portion covered within these, and cases where negligence could supersede assumed risk.
Simple Information on Personal Injury Medical Liens
In certain cases of personal injury, groups like insurance carriers, government entities or worker’s comp carriers often help cover medical costs for victims, and these amounts will often come out of a personal injury settlement or judgement in the form of a lien.
Important Tax Ramifications in Personal Injury Cases
Since tax reform laws passed in 2017 brought higher taxes to lawsuit settlements, understanding how a case payment may impact your taxes is a very important factor to consider.
Basics on Child Choking Hazards and Product Liability
If you’re the parent of a child who has bought any kind of toy or game for them, chances are you’ve seen a warning label, but in some cases, toys may lack these warnings, or the warnings may not be prominent enough to be considered effective.
Burn Injuries and Filing Resulting Liability Cases
Burn injuries can take place in a variety of situations, from product liability areas to workplace injuries and several others, and if there is another party potentially responsible for this injury, you may have a claim against them for compensation.
Understanding the Personal Injury Discovery Process
Chances are you’ve heard a bit about discovery. This process, which involves attorneys on both sides of a given case exchanging information as required by law, can be very important to the final outcome of many kinds of personal injury cases.
Avoiding Insurance-Related Errors Following Auto Accidents
Don’t make the mistake of assuming that your insurance agent is automatically on your side and will pull out all the stops to help you out; they’re serving the company they work for first and foremost.
Primer on Utah’s Comparative Negligence Laws
Essentially, this rule allows for the sharing of fault; it rejects the premise that only a single person or entity is responsible for every kind of accident or injury.
How to Handle No-Insurance Requests After an Accident
While it’s always possible that the other party is genuine and plans to pay you for all damages, more often this is not the case.
Do’s and Don’ts for Auto Accident Cases
Auto accidents can be tricky to navigate. Here are a few basic do’s and don’ts we recommend to our clients as you move through the personal injury case process.