Fighting for a cause
Learn How Denver Trial Lawyers Has Made a Difference
As lawyers, we are in a position to help everyday people fight back against injustice. However, our duty does not end when we walk out of the courtroom. Our team at Denver Trial Lawyers is strongly committed to advocating for a fairer system that makes it easier for the injured to find justice and properly penalizes bad actors.
Because we are a firm with significant resources and legal talent, we are often brought on to high-profile cases that influence local debates and politics. We are proud to play a role in these important discussions. Our team has also worked with local advocacy groups to craft and support legislation as it moves through the Colorado government. At the end of the day, we want a safer, fairer Colorado for all.
Corporate accountability
Employers often skirt around the edges of the law, creating situations that endanger workers or further discrimination. However, they can also use the law to avoid consequences for their behavior. For example, employers are typically seen to have vicarious liability in accidents caused by their workers. In essence, they can be held responsible for an overworked and exhausted truck driver who runs a red light and causes a pile-up. However, thanks to a 2017 decision by the Colorado Supreme Court, an employer can block victims from suing them by admitting they hold vicarious liability. It’s an obvious situation of the law being backward, and it needs to be fixed.
Attorney Michael Nimmo helped craft legislation to ensure accident victims are allowed to sue companies using vicarious liability. “It’s just about holding corporations liable for their own negligent conduct. And if you don’t do that, then what incentive do they have to not be negligent?” he said in an interview with Law Week Colorado.
Medical malpractice & negligence
While most doctors and nurses take their oath to do no harm seriously, people die every year because medical professionals either make mistakes or fail to recognize a need for treatment. Making sure these practitioners face public consequences for their actions matters. Filing medical malpractice suits can bring attention to these tragic deaths and injuries that might otherwise go unrecognized.
When we take a medical malpractice claim, we focus first and foremost on our client, and second on accountability. Hospitals or facilities may be the root of the problem if their systems are harmful or outdated. Or, an individual may simply deserve to have their license revoked so they cannot hurt any other patients. Whatever the answer, we dig deep to find the root cause of a case of malpractice so we can shine light on it—and push for change on behalf of those affected by medical negligence.
Sexual assault and abuse
We may never know how serious a problem child sexual assault is because of the difficulties survivors face in deciding whether to come forward with their stories. Stigma, shame, and the negative pressure often applied by defendants in these cases all incentivize survivors to stay quiet. Unfortunately, by the time many individuals feel safe telling their story, the statute of limitations prevents them from filing a lawsuit against the person or organization that wronged them.
Senate Bill 88, which Michael Nimmo advised legislators on, will change the statute of limitations for child sex abuse. Instead of giving survivors at most 6 years after reaching the age of majority, the new law opens up the statute of limitations and allows people to pursue legal remedies for child sexual abuse dating back to 1960. The law is set to go into effect at the beginning of 2022. This has been a hard fight, but we are glad to see our state taking steps toward justice.
By creating a confidential path to resolve medical malpractice claims, the Colorado Candor Act changed the landscape for patients across the state. Having helped write the law and guided its application since 2019, our attorneys offer a depth of experience few firms can match.
the record we stand on
Over a Billion Dollars Recovered for Our Clients
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Record-Setting $90 Million Record Settlement
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$9.2 Million Birth Injury Verdict and Settlement
$9 million birth injury verdict and settlement - Rudnicki v. Bianco. The case changed the law in Colorado, allowing children to recover their own medical expenses and allowing prejudgment interest to exceed the $1 million overall cap on damages.
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$70 Million Birth Injury Involving Misuse of Drug to Induce Labor
$70 million arbitration award, the largest known medical malpractice arbitration award in U.S. history. David S Woodruff handled this birth injury case involving an HMO labor/delivery unit that misused Cytotec, a drug used to induce labor.
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$23 Million Settlement for Individuals Injured by a Defective Product
Settlement for group of individuals injured by a defective product. Dan Sloane was a member of a national team of lawyers who helped secure this settlement. The largest single settlement in the country was paid to Dan’s individual client.
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$22.3 Million Largest Medical Malpractice Settlement in Colorado
$22.3 million medical malpractice settlement. In 2016 David Woodruff obtained the largest known medical malpractice settlement in Colorado.
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$8 Million Commercial Vehicle Accident Resulting in Catastrophic Injury
An attorney from our firm served as lead counsel in a contested liability accident involving a commercial vehicle. Our client was catastrophically injured and he successfully negotiated an $8,000,000 settlement on her behalf.
