Posted Fri 19th Oct, 2012 | by Jennifer Crichton | on Legal Insights
In Colorado, and many other states, proper liability insurance is required to drive a car. In fact, since 1997, Colorado has maintained a database that lists specific individuals and whether they hold the proper amount of insurance. Because motor vehicle accidents are common, dangerous, and expensive, the goal of the database program is to decrease the number of uninsured drivers on the road and thus the expenses caused by these accidents. This database is available …
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Posted Thu 27th Sep, 2012 | by Jennifer Crichton | on Legal Insights
If you’ve been injured in an accident, it’s important that you get the necessary medical treatment. First and foremost if you are injured, you should seek medical treatment so that you can recover as quickly as possible and are not suffering with daily pain. However, if you plan to make a claim against a third party, it is important you get medical treatment so you pain is documented in a medical record. Without this written …
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Posted Tue 25th Sep, 2012 | by Jennifer Crichton | on Legal Insights
The American Academy of Pediatrics has recently published a study determining that home trampolining activitiy is dangerous and should not be done at home. Severe injury when trampolining is high and there were approximately 98,000 trampoline related injuries reported in 2009, many of which required hospitalization. The study found that the most common trampoline injuries are to the lower extremities, however head and neck injuries account for approximately 10-17% and are usually much more serious, …
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Posted Fri 14th Sep, 2012 | by Jennifer Crichton | on Legal Insights
Under the Colorado Workers’ Compensation Act, any sole proprietor actively engaged in the business may elect to be included by endorsement as an employee of the insured and shall be entitled to elect coverage regardless of whether such sole proprietor employs any other person under any contract of hire. Thus, while workers’ compensation insurance for a sole proprietor is not required, the Act enables sole proprietors to obtain coverage for themselves. In an effort to …
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Posted Fri 29th Jun, 2012 | by Jennifer Crichton | on Legal Insights
With the amount of snow and ice in Colorado during the winter months, many people will sustain injuries in slip and fall accidents. Unfortunately, these accidents are often the result of a landlord or building owner’s failure to keep the area free of ice and snow. Similarly, slip and falls occur regularly in grocery, department, and convenience stores. Again, these often occur due to the store’s failure to routinely check the store floors for spills …
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Posted Fri 15th Jun, 2012 | by Jennifer Crichton | on Legal Insights
If you have suffered an injury by a public entity or by an employee of a public entity and plan to make a claim it is important to know that you must file a written notice pursuant to CRS 24-10-109 within 180 days after the date of the discovery of the injury. This notice must be filed within this time frame regardless of whether you yet know all of the elements of your claim or …
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Posted Fri 8th Jun, 2012 | by Stephen Kaufman | on Injury Law Firm, Insurance Claims
Although no-fault is long gone in Colorado, you can still buy auto insurance that will cover your medical bills if you are hurt in an accident. This coverage is called Med Pay and you have it as part of your policy unless you specifically reject it. You pay an added premium for this coverage, so if you have health insurance you may not want to do this because it will be duplication in many respects. …
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Posted Tue 5th Jun, 2012 | by Stephen Kaufman | on Injury Law Firm
People often ask, what does a personal injury law firm do? Personal injury law firms assist people who have suffered injuries as a result of someone else’s negligence. Lots of law firms say they handle personal injury cases, but only a few can say that their practice is devoted to helping personal injury victims. True personal injury law firms, like Kidneigh, Kaufman & Crichton, P.C., P.C., can handle a wide variety of personal injury cases, …
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Posted Fri 1st Jun, 2012 | by Jennifer Crichton | on Legal Insights
In these technological times, it’s not surprising that when a person gets into an accident they want to put the details on Facebook, Twitter, blogspot or some other social media site. However, it’s important to know that these postings can often be used against you by the insurance company and their attorneys if you later decide to make a personal injury claim and may possibly even be admissible in court. While posting accident pictures and …
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Posted Wed 30th May, 2012 | by Jennifer Crichton | on Legal Insights
If you have suffered a serious bodily injury due to a dog attack, it’s important to know your rights, particularly with respect to your mounting medical bills. Under C.R.S. 13-21-124, a dog’s owner is strictly liable and responsible for an injured person’s economic damages (i.e. medical bills). This is regardless of the viciousness or dangerous propensities of the dog or the dog owner’s knowledge or lack of knowledge of the dog’s viciousness or dangerous propensities. …
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