Notable Cases

Mother run down by reckless snowboarder on intermediate trail at Cooper Mountain Ski Resort, Colorado. Impact caused tibia/fibula fracture of the mother's left leg, which required immediate surgical repair. Though tried in a "ski town," the jury returned a verdict in favor of the mother.

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The Colorado State Patrol arrested Terrance Jorenby for a number of driving related infractions, including DUI, and transported him to the jail in Georgetown, Colorado, where the Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office then took custody and control of Mr. Jorenby. The control technician charged with watching the video monitors in the three holding cells at the jail, wholly failed to do so. the videotape clearly shows, Mr. Jorenby tried unsuccessfully four times to hang the telephone cord around his neck and strangle himself after he was told that he could not have his psychiatric prescription anxiety and anti-depressant medication (Lexapro and Klonopin). He did hang himself on his fifth attempt, and he remained hanging with the cord around his neck for at least 15 minutes before he was finally observed on the monitors. Confidential settlement reached.

 

Widow brought suit against Alpine Living Center for negligence in late March and early April 2007. Her husband, aged 84, was in the care of the nursing home when it was discovered that his catheter was clamped for an extended period of time resulting in a UTI which ultimately killed him. The case settled the week before trial for a confidential amount.

 

Skier/snowboarder collision at Vail in March 2009. Plaintiff sustained a right rotator cuff tear and a left thigh contusion. The right shoulder was repaired arthroscopically. Causation of the right shoulder injury was in dispute because Plaintiff sought emergency room treatment on her right shoulder after she fell while skiing four days before the subject skier/snowboarder collision. The case settled for $92,500 shortly after the complaint was filed.

 

This case involved a high speed collision between a commercial truck and a passenger car. Our firm represented the driver of the passenger car. The impact injured the passenger car driver’s lower back and right foot, and caused a traumatic brain injury. After months of conservative treatment, the driver ultimately had to have two of the discs in his lower back (L3-L4) fused. A brain MRI showed deficits in categories for attention, concentration, learning, and memory. The case was complicated because approximately thirteen years before the passenger/truck collision, the driver had sustained serious back injuries (resulting in surgery) in a helicopter crash while working in conjunction with the U.S. military. The insurance company settled the case shortly before trial for $400,000.

 

A young man accidentally shot his friend in the face while in his grandparent’s kitchen. A gunshot went through the friend’s upper lip just below his nose and destroyed the maxilla, this three front teeth, his hard palate, soft palate, and then lodged in the muscle tissue next to the body of C1 and C2. The civil matter was resolved for a confidential amount during a settlement conference, and the settlement was subsequently approved by the Denver Probate Court since the victim was a minor.