Greeley Premises Liability Attorneys

If you were hurt by a slip and fall, a hidden hazard or a lack of security on someone else's property, the owner may be responsible. We find out who was responsible for the property and what they knew, and we pursue every party that should pay.

From our Greeley office we represent injured people along the entire Front Range and across Colorado. We work with engineers, economists and doctors to show what caused the injury and what it has cost you.

Cases we handle

• Slip and fall, and trip and fall: wet floors, ice, broken stairs, poor lighting
• Injuries from dangerous conditions in stores, apartments, parking lots and workplaces
• Negligent security: assaults where the owner failed to provide reasonable protection
• Injuries on farm, ranch or vacant land
• Falls that took a life (see wrongful death)

What it costs

The consultation is free, and we take these cases on a contingency fee: a percentage of what we recover, agreed in writing before we start, with no hourly bill. If there is no recovery you owe no attorney fee; a client may still be responsible for case costs, and for the other side's attorney fees if a court orders them.

Our firm assisted in obtaining a judgment of $15,000,000 for the victim of a slip and fall (see our representative cases). Every case turns on its own facts; a past result does not predict or promise the outcome of any other matter.

When is a property owner responsible?

Colorado's Premises Liability Act (C.R.S. 13-21-115) sets the owner's duty by why you were there:

• Customers and other invited visitors can recover when the owner failed to use reasonable care about dangers it knew of or should have known of.
• Social guests and others there with permission can recover when the owner failed to use reasonable care about dangers it created and knew of, or failed to warn about dangers it knew of.
• Trespassers can recover only for harm the owner caused deliberately.

On land classified as agricultural or vacant for property taxes, the standard is narrower: the owner is responsible only for dangers it actually knew of.

What to do after a fall

1. Get medical care, and tell the doctor exactly how you fell.
2. Report it to the owner or manager, and ask for a copy of the written incident report.
3. Take photos of what made you fall, before it is cleaned up or fixed, and keep your shoes.
4. Get the names of anyone who saw it.
5. Call us before you talk to the owner’s insurer.