Are you the victim of a slip and fall accident in Colorado? Are you wondering if a trial date is in your future? In reality, most slip and fall cases do not go to trial. If you’re a victim, understanding how often cases go to trial can help you prepare for what’s ahead. Our Colorado slip and fall attorneys explain.

Survivors of Sandy Hook school shooting victims recently announced a $73 million settlement with insurers for the now-bankrupt Remington Arms, maker of the rifle used in the killings in 2012. The case centered on allegations Remington marketed the weapon in a way that encouraged illegal violence. Jacob D. Charles, executive director at Duke University Center for Firearms Law, discusses the settlement’s significance for future lawsuits against gun makers.

A Utah jury this month awarded a Park City bowling alley employee nearly $2.4 million after a Vail Resorts employee smashed her hand with a bowling ball during a company outing three years ago. Amy Herzog alleged in a February 2020 lawsuit that she was attempting to fix a clogged gutter in one of the Jupiter Bowl lanes when a Vail Resorts employee “engaged in a dangerous 360-degree helicopter spin, while cradling the bowling ball in the palm of his hand and let the ball fly as he completed his 360-degree turn.”

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]One teenager was killed and two others wounded in a shooting at a house party in Adams County early Sunday morning, according to the sheriff’s office. The shooting was reported at about 1:30 a.m. at a home in the 100 block of E. 70th Avenue, Sgt. Adam Sherman said Sunday. Officers arrived to find three people shot. Two victims were 18 years old and one was 17, Sherman said. They have not been publicly identified. Two victims were taken by ambulance to hospitals, where one died. The third person who was shot was treated at the scene for minor injuries and released, according to the sheriff’s office. It was not clear Sunday exactly how the shooting unfolded, but Sherman said the attack was not a drive-by shooting and was likely carried out by someone at the party or who walked up to the party. Sunday’s shooting happened several miles away…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Colorado Governmental Immunity Act (CGIA) grants immunity to government entities and their employees in many types of personal injury cases. In order to have a successful claim under CGIA, a notice must be filed within 182 days of the loss and the facts must fall within one of the “waived” areas of sovereign immunity and there must be legal liability involving negligence. Waivers fall into eight general areas: Operation of a motor vehicle owned or leased by a public entity, by a public employee while in the course of employment; Operation of a public hospital, correctional facility or jail; A dangerous condition of any public building; A dangerous condition of a public highway, road or street; A dangerous condition of any public hospital, jail, public facility located in any park or recreational area maintained by a public entity, or public water, gas, sanitation, electrical, power, or swimming facility and;…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We’ve seen it a thousand times: Someone falls on ice in an unmaintained parking lot and breaks their wrist; an object falls from above, hitting the person’s head and causing a serious neck injury; an apartment building fails to properly maintain their stairs, and a person crashes down the steps. These types of cases are known in Denver Colorado as premises liability injury firm cases. In these types of cases, someone injures themselves on someone else’s land. The landowner’s property is known as a “premises.” The premises can include private property or that of a business owner. These types of cases typically involve dangerous conditions, such as uneven floors, icy conditions, stairs in states of disrepair, and so on. Cases such as these are governed by the Colorado Premises Liability Statute (C.R.S. § 13-21-115), which asks what the landowner’s duties are with respect to the person on the property. For…