No one could have predicted that Luke Dithrich would be back at work for the U.S. Border Patrol after his 2008 motorcycle accident. At the time of the accident, in fact, his friends and family were not sure he would even survive. Thanks to his medical care, family and a surprising amount of effort on… read more
The pre-trial phase of your personal injury lawsuit will involve what is known as the discovery process. The discovery process involves gathering information about either party, allowing each side to gather evidence and build their arguments for trial. This process can be time consuming, expensive and frustrating. There are five steps to the discovery process:… read more
Several months back we wrote about a young Nebraskan couple killed by a drunk driver. A jury recently sentenced the man who hit the couple to serve much of the rest of his life, if not all of it, in prison. Robert Mahler, 55, had a blood alcohol content over two times the legal limit… read more
When you hire an attorney to represent you after an auto accident, your recovery will often rely on clearly establishing “duty of care”. Duty of care is based on the idea that each of us has an obligation to act in a way that will not injure anyone else. In the instance of driving a… read more
When you are in a motorcycle accident as the result of someone else’s carelessness, hiring an experienced motorcycle accident attorney will give you the best chance of seeing that justice is served. Such attorneys will have investigators who can look at your accident and reconstruct exactly what happened, helping to prove that your injury was… read more
If you are called as a witness in your lawsuit, you will have to go through a deposition. In a deposition you will be put under oath and asked questions by attorneys while a court reporter types down every word said; some depositions are even recorded on video. Depositions can be intimidating, so it is… read more
A motorcycle rider has been sentenced to one to three years in prison after a motorcycle accident that led to the death of his girlfriend while both were under the influence of alcohol. Douglas Bruce, 44, told the court that he and his girlfriend, Pauline VanThiel, 51, were just going for a little ride before… read more
A drunken driver who caused a crash that killed a beloved Denver educator received 15 years in jail. Community College of Denver professor Yvonne Frye was returning home from grading papers around 2 a.m. Oct. 6, 2010 at East 14th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard when Jose Nevarez-Coronado hit her. He was blackout drunk and traveling… read more
We wrote several weeks ago of the decision of Colorado Law Tigers to reward two Denver area teens with $10,000 for their heroic efforts in chasing down a drunken hit-and-run driver involved in a fatal accident. Last week, our very own Tom Metier presented to award in the form of two giant-sized checks for $5,000… read more
The lawyer for a tow-truck driver involved in a towing accident that claimed the life of a woman last March claims his client’s inebriation had nothing to do with the accident. While the attorney acknowledges his client had a blood alcohol level of .114, he insists a defective vehicle he was towing led to the… read more
