Case Reviews
Our clients sustained serious injuries while riding as passengers in a 2003 Chevrolet Suburban. The collision was caused when Jonathan Torres drove a 2016 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck at high speed into the rear of our client’s 2003 Chevrolet Suburban. The 2016 Chevrolet Silverado was owned by Guillermina Munoz. The couple was taken emergently to […]
Our clients were rear ended by an RV as they proceeded off I-76 onto a ramp and stopped at a stop sign. The husband sustained injuries to the hip and a labrum tear, requiring several surgeries. Wife sustained neck pains and suffered head aches. The driver of RV was recorded at the scene saying “I […]
Our client was skiing Lower Ruthie’s Run at Aspen when he was hit in the back by the defendant, who was skiing with his children, possible chasing them. The collision resulted in injuries including left rotator cuff tear, broken ribs and casting of left hand. Partner Russell Hatten represented our client in this matter and […]
Our client, an Orthopedic Surgeon, was struck from behind by an out of control skier on Rhapsody Run at Copper Mountain on 11/24/19. Client had slowed for a “slow zone” and described the collision as being “hit by a truck.” Client suffered multiple fractures and was hospitalized for 6 days at St. Anthony’s. He lost […]
Blue skies on Heavenly Days at Steamboat one March morning in 2019. Our client, an 85 year-old-husband and past-president of Steamboat Ski Corps in the 80s, was skiing with a friend. Another skier ran into him from behind, causing a brain bleed. Our client was airlifted for brain bleed to Anschutz, ICU, and then transferred […]
On Sunday, March 11, 2012 (Spring Break), B.P. (then 9 years of age) was skiing at Vail Ski Resort in Eagle County, Colorado. Lee Skavanger skied into B.P. from uphill, behind, and at high speed, causing B.P. to sustain a right, mid-shaft femur fracture. Vail Ski Patrol attended B.P. at the scene and evacuated him […]
A group of co-workers went on a ski trip; P.B. was the least experienced of the group. One in the group found delight in knocking down other skiers and recording it on a GoPro. When the jokester hit P.B., the collision broke his shoulder. Final diagnosis was a fractured humeral head requiring surgery. P.B. lost […]
A.S. was skiing on Sandy Park, an intermediate ski trail at Snowmass Resort at 2:20 PM on Thursday, March 1, 2018. Cohen was uphill of A.S., flew over a roll and took A.S. out. In the Collision Report Form, ski patrol quoted A.S. at the scene immediately after the collision saying “I got hit in […]