Recent Posts in Liability Questions Category
Posted on Dec 3, 2011 By Chad Hemmat
From my experience as a trial attorney, I have found Colorado juries to be fair, and even, dare I say, compassionate. Generally, I find it relatively easy to get juries to agree that my clients were ...
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Posted on Sep 24, 2011 By Chad Hemmat
This is not a religious opinion, but a legal one. The fact is that insurance companies blame God for a bunch of events that, in reality, are actually manmade. Generally, insurance companies have to ...
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Posted on Jun 3, 2011 By Chad Hemmat
The bad facts of this next case caused several law firms to turn it away as un-winnable before WE took it and won. INTRODUCTION : This injury was caused during a two car motor vehicle collision. While ...
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Posted on Feb 18, 2011 By Chad Hemmat
Bedsores, pressure ulcers, and decubitus ulcers are all terms for the same thing:--nursing home negligence. A) BACKGROUND: There is nothing mystifying about the development of bedsores. The ...
Continue reading "DID YOUR FAMILY MEMBER DEVELOP BED SORES AT A NURSING HOME? If so, there is no excuse not to win at trial every time" »
Posted on Jan 14, 2011 By Chad Hemmat
Being the victim of another driver's negligent driving is always bad. However, when that collision occurs during wintertime conditions, bringing the claim against the at-fault driver's insurance may ...
Continue reading "WINTER CAR ACCIDENTS: Making sure you can PROVE your claim" »
Posted on Oct 30, 2010 By Chad Hemmat
Photographs are about the most powerful type of real evidence we ever can produce in a personal injury trial. And yet, so often by the time we meet our client or take over the case from some other ...
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Posted on May 28, 2010 By Chad Hemmat
A) The Myth: Remember hearing from some friend or family member that if a person injures themselves while burglarizing your home, they can sue you and win. Ever wonder if such nonsense is really the ...
Continue reading "INJURIES ON THE PROPERTY OF ANOTHER: Separating Fact from Fiction" »
Posted on Mar 19, 2010 By Chad Hemmat
The most common places for people to get needlessly injured are apartment complexes, grocery stores, hospitals and parking lots. PREMISES LIABILITY STATUTE The law in Colorado is exactly the same for ...
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Posted on Feb 19, 2010 By Chad Hemmat
The answer is yes, but ONLY if you listen to what the insurance company tells you. In fact, Colorado Statute § 13-21-111 essentially says that if you get hurt in an accident and you were not wearing ...
Continue reading "NOT WEARING A SEATBELT: Should you give up on getting justice? CRS § 13-21-111" »
Posted on Feb 14, 2010 By Chad Hemmat
Last week, I listened to top American and Japanese executives express remorse over the defective gas pedal acceleration issue which appears to plague nearly all of Toyota's recently built models. It ...
Continue reading "UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED: Being a Safe Driver is Only Part of the Challenge." »
Posted on Feb 5, 2010 By Chad Hemmat
Nursing homes are a vital and necessary part of the health care provider system. There are many fine nursing homes with staff that do the work of angels. This article should in no way serve to tarnish ...
Continue reading "NURSING HOME NEGLIGENCE: A Checklist of Red Flags" »
Posted on Jan 29, 2010 By Chad Hemmat
In continuance of our series, this week we will look at variations of police/emergency personnel involvement as well as some classic drunk driver scenarios. O) ACCIDENT WHERE POLICE ARIVE / Filed ...
Continue reading "THE CALCULUS OF PERSONAL INJURY FROM “O” to “T”: and why lawyers need to look beyond them" »
Posted on Jan 22, 2010 By Chad Hemmat
As we continue our series, this week we will consider variations of Rear-end collisions. These “rules of thumb” are sure to surprise some of our readers. I) REARENDED by a Co-Worker = O.K. Work Comp ...
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Posted on Jan 8, 2010 By Chad Hemmat
There are certain general “rules of thumb” in injury cases that lawyers use to quickly determine whether a case has merit or not. Most attorneys use these “rules” whether they recognize it or not. If ...
Continue reading "THE CALCULUS OF PERSONAL INJURY FROM A TO Z: and why lawyers need to look beyond them" »
Posted on Dec 31, 2009 By Chad Hemmat
Colorado law, C.R.S. § 42-4-237, requires that passengers and drivers of automobiles must wear seatbelts. You can even get a ticket for not wearing your seat belt. But, there is a lesser known cousin ...
Continue reading "SEATBELTS DONT JUST SAVE LIVES – THEY CAN ALSO SAVE YOUR CASE" »
Posted on Dec 18, 2009 By Chad Hemmat
You have likely heard about young reckless drivers leaving a trail of injury, death, and destruction and probably have then thought: “Boy, I hope that young man has good insurance.” However, often the ...
Continue reading "CLAIMS THAT CAN BE BROUGHT AGAINST PARENTS AND GUARDIANS OF YOUNG RECKLESS DRIVERS" »
Posted on Jun 26, 2009 By Chad Hemmat
I have a confession to make. More than any other single topic I have covered in any of these blogs I have the least amount of "first-hand" experience with this topic. This is simply because I have ...
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Posted on Feb 16, 2009 By Chad Hemmat
A driver heading straight into an intersection collides with a left-turning vehicle. Police arrive and give the left-turning driver a ticket for taking the right-of-way. You are hurt and leave by ...
Continue reading "DRIVER TURNS IN FRONT OF YOU: MIGHT BE HARDER TO PROVE THAN YOU THINK" »