When people are involved in Denver area car crashes, it’s a common first step to call the local police to the scene of the accident. Anytime an accident involves drivers under the influence, personal injuries, significant damage, road obstacles that prevent the flow of moving traffic, or confrontations among accident participants, it’s important to summon a police officer to ensure these emergency situations are handled properly
A car accident presents a significant safety risk for pregnant women, especially in the later stages of the pregnancy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that between 1-3 percent of infants who make it to birth are exposed to motor-vehicle accidents in utero, and that car accident injuries are a leading cause of death and injuries among pregnant women
Did you lose a loved one due to someone else’s negligence or a wrongful act? If so, know that in certain circumstances, you could potentially seek justice on their behalf.
Athletes, both professional and amateur players, can get hurt in Denver Colorado. Normally, no one is to blame if you jam your finger catching a football or fall and break a wrist while ice skating. Accidents happen.
The Fifth Amendment establishes the right to remain silent and the right not to be a witness against yourself in a criminal case. This important constitutional amendment means you do not have to provide an answer that would incriminate you.
If you believe you have a real chance of winning, you should consider a filing a Denver personal injury claim against a at-fault party. Defendants frequently have experienced attorneys who understand how to fight claims against their clients, so you’ll need to understand what defenses they could use to limit the defendant’s liability
A boutique mechanic in Iowa accused of faking the authenticity of a vintage sports car he sold and overcharging for service work on multiple rare vehicles has been ordered to pay $7.2 million to former Angie’s List CEO Bill Oesterle. Oesterle, an entrepreneur and self-described avid classic car collector, took The Healey Werks Corp., which operated near Lawton, and its owner, Craig Hillinger, to court in Iowa in 2020. His lawsuit claims Hillinger pocketed hundreds of thousands of dollars through deceptive act after deceptive act during their 10-year-plus relationship.
More than a dozen property management companies conspired to fix apartment rental prices across metro Denver, a renter alleges in a new federal class-action lawsuit. Jeffrey Weaver, who has rented in Denver since 2017, filed the lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District Court against RealPage, a software company that suggests rental prices for property management companies.
If you have suffered financial loss due to a crime, then you can benefit from The Mandatory Restitution Act of 1996. This act established procedures that determine the amount of restitution to which a victim is entitled to. Essentially, restitution provides victims with compensation that they are entitled to due to their own losses suffered as a result of someone else committing an offense. In some cases, this may be something that a defendant agrees to repay as part of a plea agreement.
A large number of former National Football League (NFL) players have been diagnosed with or have had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. A definitive diagnosis so far can be made only post-mortem. However, an increasing number of former players are reporting symptoms of CTE. According to 2017 study on brains of deceased gridiron football players, 99% of tested brains of NFL players, 88% of Canadian Football League (CFL) players, 64% of semi-professional players, 91% of college football players, and 21% of high school football players had various stages of CTE. However, this study had several limitations, including possible selection bias as families of players with symptoms of CTE are far more likely to donate brains to research than those without signs of the disease. Despite the limitations, the study still showed that CTE is far more common than once believed.