Q: What are the advantages of hiring a small trial-focused firm over a much bigger one for a personal injury case?
A: While a larger firm may have more resources, they often suffer from bureaucratic bloat, high employee turnover, and generally lack of attention to smaller or individual cases. At a boutique trial-firm like Dormer Harpring, you will work with the same team and attorneys from start to finish. Because ...
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Q: Do I need to be located close to your law firm in order for you to be my lawyer?
A: No. At Dormer Harpring, all of our team members are well-versed in virtual appointments, video-conferencing, sending documents electronically, and operating a modern business remotely. We can also do almost every appointment by phone, and we can send documents by traditional means such as the mail o...
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Q: Can a dash cam help me if I get in a crash?
A: Yes! Any photos, video, statements, and witnesses will help you obtain compensation in the event of a crash. If you have dash cam footage, be sure to save it somewhere external to the camera. Send a copy of it to your attorney as soon as you hire one. It's best that your attorney review the dash cam...
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Q: What types of compensation am I owed by the at-fault driver in a car wreck in Colorado?
A: In Colorado, if you are injured by someone else in a car accident, slip and fall, trip and fall, assault, or some other kind of negligence, in general you are owed three kinds of compensation. They owe you for your medical bills, future medical expenses, past lost wages, future lost wages, mileage f...
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Q: If I'm in a car crash, should I call the police to the scene or just file an online report?
A: If you are in a car crash, you should try hard to get the police to respond to the scene of the crash. They will create a report which will help to unequivocally prove that the crash happened when, where, and with whom that you say. Otherwise, if you end up making an insurance claim or getting into ...
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Q: Are there statutes of limitations for personal injury claims in Colorado?
A: Yes.
In general, claims for injuries involving car crashes have to be settled, or a lawsuit properly filed, within three years from the date of the crash. This includes bike and pedestrian injuries if they involved a car, also.
Most other statutes of limitations are one or two years, and often in...
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Q: What happens if I'm in a car crash in Colorado, and the person that caused the wreck has no insurance?
A: In Colorado, when you purchase car insurance, your insurer must offer you Under-Insured / Uninsured Motorist coverage ("UIM"), which you can only decline by signing a written waiver. The minimum limits for this coverage are $25,000. If someone crashes into you, and they have no insurance, this polic...
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Q: How long does a personal injury case take to get paid on?
A: It depends on your injuries and whether a lawsuit needs to be filed. Many cases wrap up in just a few months, whereas cases with complicated injuries and treatment, or that need to have a lawsuit filed, can take over a year. Cases that go all the way to trial can take over two years.
It all depend...
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Q: In Colorado, will the at-fault driver's insurance company pay for my medical treatment?
A: No. You should present your normal medical insurance to the ambulance, emergency room, urgent care, or doctor just like you would for any other treatment. Your attorney will work to obtain a settlement or a judgment against that at-fault driver's insurer in order to compensate you for your out-of-po...
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Q: If I hire a lawyer for a personal injury case, does that mean I will have to go to court?
A: No. More than half of the cases we take settle without a lawsuit even needing to be filed. For those that do go into litigation - meaning we had to file a lawsuit - over 90% still settle out of court, without the need for a trial. Litigation is a long process, and usually trial dates in Colorado are...
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Q: How much does it cost to hire a personal injury attorney at Dormer Harpring?
A: Lawyers at Dormer Harpring work on personal injury cases for contingent fees. This means that you don't pay any attorney fees unless we get a recovery from the at-fault party or their insurer. Our fee will be a percentage of the overall settlement or verdict, and we will also reimburse our advanced ...
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