Posted Fri 8th May, 2015 | by Jennifer Crichton | on Workers Compensation
There are many pitfalls of workers’ compensation and “traps for the unwary” that an unrepresented and inexperienced worker may find themselves caught up in. Below are helpful tips to be sure this doesn’t happen to you. Reporting the Accident When a person gets injured on the job, it is essential that they report the accident to their employer immediately, and take note of any witnesses to the accident, including emergency professionals, when possible. Countless injured …
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Posted Wed 6th May, 2015 | by Jennifer Crichton | on Attorney
If you’ve been injured in an accident and have been trying to handle your claim yourself, the legal system may seem impossibly confusing. Insurance companies who treated you well when trying to get your business, now treat you badly and don’t want to compensate you for your injuries. Claims representatives who are supposed to help you, are too often either rude to you, or completely ignore you. And most disheartening, when you are released from …
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Posted Sat 2nd May, 2015 | by Jennifer Crichton | on Attorney
A lot of people who have been injured in an accident often wonder what their next step should be and how to go about initiating a claim with the at fault party. Unfortunately, more often than not, a person becomes discouraged thinking he or she doesn’t have enough money to hire an attorney and seeks no further action. Don’t let this happen to you! The Denver personal injury attorneys at Kidneigh, Kaufman & Crichton, P.C. …
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Posted Thu 23rd Apr, 2015 | by Jennifer Crichton | on Insurance Claims
Although I have previously blogged about the importance of uninsured and underinsured (UM/UIM) motorist coverage, this is a topic that again bears repeating. Too often, I meet with a new client who was injured in a motor vehicle accident but is unable to receive compensation because the at fault driver does not have insurance and the injured party lacks UM/UIM coverage. While having minimum limits of bodily injury insurance coverage is mandatory in Colorado, please …
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Posted Thu 16th Apr, 2015 | by Jennifer Crichton | on Defective Products
Product defect and product liability cases are generally very time consuming and challenging cases to take on. This is due in large part to manufacturers having both the financial and manpower resources to fight these cases for years on end. As a result of this, a Plaintiff’s attorney has to be willing to devote the time and expense that goes along with these type of cases. Here at Kidneigh, Kaufman & Crichton, P.C., our Denver …
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Posted Sat 21st Feb, 2015 | by Jennifer Crichton | on Legal Insights, Personal Injury
When a Plaintiff files a personal injury lawsuit against a Defendant, the law states the Plaintiff has the burden of proving his case. This means the Plaintiff has to prove that the Defendant was negligent and said negligence was a cause of his injuries. However, in certain circumstances, the burden of proof shifts to the Defendant and he is then forced to disprove his negligence. This is known as res ipsa loquitur, and occurs whenever …
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Posted Sat 14th Feb, 2015 | by Jennifer Crichton | on Cases
A jury in Boston awarded the Reckis family $63 million in damages on February 13, 2013. The Reckis’ nightmare began over ten years ago when a then 7 year old Samantha suffered a life threatening severe allergic reaction to Motrin brand Ibuprofen, a medication manufactured by Johnson & Johnson. It was the day after Thanksgiving 2003 when Samantha’s parents gave her Motrin to relieve a fever she had for several days. She had taken Motrin …
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Posted Sun 8th Feb, 2015 | by Jennifer Crichton | on Cases
In follow-up to my January 25th blog post, I am pleased to announce that on February 7, 2013 the Colorado Court of Appeals upheld Steve Kaufman’s verdict against Shelter Insurance. As a brief recap, Mr. Kaufman tried this case with another Kidneigh, Kaufman & Crichton, P.C. Denver personal injury lawyer, Charlie Crichton, in August 2011 in Denver District Court. On behalf of their injured client, Mr. Kaufman and Mr. Crichton argued that the client’s insurer, …
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Posted Sat 31st Jan, 2015 | by Jennifer Crichton | on Legal Insights
In a great decision for Plaintiffs in Colorado, on January 22, 2013 the state’s Supreme Court ruled to abolish the sudden emergency doctrine stating “its minimal utility in Colorado’s comparative negligence scheme is greatly outweighed by the instruction’s danger of misleading the jury.” Prior to this holding, the sudden emergency doctrine recognized “that a person confronted with sudden or unexpected circumstances calling for immediate attention is not expected to exercise the judgment of one acting …
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Posted Sun 25th Jan, 2015 | by Jennifer Crichton | on Cases
On Monday, January 28th, Denver accident lawyer Steve Kaufman will argue in the Colorado Court of Appeals to uphold his approximately $500,000 verdict on behalf of his injured client against Shelter Insurance. Mr. Kaufman tried this case with another Kidneigh, Kaufman & Crichton, P.C. Denver personal injury lawyer, Charlie Crichton, in August 2011 in Denver District Court. On behalf of their injured client, Mr. Kaufman and Mr. Crichton argued that the client’s insurer, Shelter Insurance, …
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