Denver Personal Injury Law Blog

Bikers nationwide, including in Colorado, are sometimes portrayed as reckless even though many crashes result from other drivers not keeping a proper lookout for motorcycles. Sometimes, victims of motorcycle accidents must cope with traumatic injuries for which they were partly responsible. If that has happened to you, it does not necessarily jeopardize your right to recover damages from the party deemed primarily responsible for the crash.

In Colorado, the law allows the court to enter monetary judgments in personal injury claims based upon the level of each party's negligence. The percentage of each party's fault will be determined, along with the apportioned compensation based on the level of negligence. As long as the percentage of the negligence attributed to you does not exceed 50 percent, you can recover a portion of your damages.

People talk about multitasking these days as if anyone can do it-but then there is the matter of texting and driving. How much mental activity does it take to operate a vehicle while either reading an incoming message or punching in information on your cell phone to text to someone?

Either way, the effort takes your eyes off the road and forces your brain to attempt managing doing two things at once. Sometimes you simply take too much for granted, and that can be deadly.

Whenever a driver is involved in an accident in Colorado or another state, he or she must stop and render aid. Leaving an accident scene can have serious consequences -- especially if it involved injuries. Victims of hit and run accidents are at a significant disadvantage when it comes to recovery of damages.

Police in Thornton recently launched a search for a driver who failed to stop at an accident involving a pedestrian. After receiving calls about an accident at approximately 8 p.m. on a Saturday in May, officers responded to the scene. On the roadway, they found a critically injured man whom they rushed to a medical facility.

Following investigations over several months, 11 individuals were recently indicted for 185 charges. Multiple criminal law enforcement agencies in Colorado took part in the inquiry into the activities of the group that allegedly stole financial and personal information of over 400 businesses and individuals. It is further alleged that the stolen information was used to illegally obtain a significant amount of money.

Among those indicted were a 36-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman who authorities identified as the ringleaders. According to court documents, the group's activities started in 2016. They allegedly focused on stealing mail to obtain business checks and personal information. Authorities claim the accused individuals then used that information to make or alter checks, which were then cashed at credit unions and banks in Colorado.