[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;…