Dog Bite Lawyers in Colorado: How to Evaluate a Serious-Injury Claim
Colorado dog bite cases can require a lawyer to separate the statutory serious-injury claim for economic damages from negligence or other theories that may address different losses. That distinction is more useful than simply asking whether Colorado is a “strict liability state.”
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Ask how the lawyer separates the statutory and negligence theories
- Does the injury meet the serious-bodily-injury threshold?
- Which economic damages fit the statutory claim?
- Is a separate negligence theory needed for other damages?
- Could a statutory exception apply?
- How will insurance coverage be identified?
- What medical evidence is needed to establish the severity threshold?
Medical records have a legal role
In Colorado, treatment records can help answer whether the statutory serious-injury threshold is met. A lawyer should evaluate the medical facts before promising that the statutory route applies.
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