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Colorado slip and fall cases are governed by the Premises Liability Act (C.R.S. 13-21-115). What a property owner in Aurora owes you depends on whether you were an invitee, a licensee, or a trespasser at the time of the fall.
If you fell on Aurora government property, such as a city sidewalk, a Regional Transportation District stop, or a public building, you have only 182 days to file a written notice under the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act (C.R.S. 24-10-109). Missing that deadline almost always ends the claim permanently.
Colorado follows modified comparative fault. You can still recover damages if you were partly at fault for the fall, as long as your share was less than 50 percent (C.R.S. 13-21-111). At 50 percent or more, you recover nothing.

Aurora is Colorado's third-largest city, with a population of 394,432, spanning parts of Arapahoe, Adams, and Douglas counties, and it generates its own category of dangerous property conditions: ice storms off hail-alley weather systems, high-volume pedestrian corridors around Anschutz Medical Campus, and commercial parking lots on the I-225 corridor that freeze overnight and stay untreated. CGH Injury Lawyers serves Aurora slip and fall victims from our Denver office, handling the evidence preservation, government notice, and trial preparation that these cases require. You pay nothing unless we recover for you.

Visitor status	Who it covers in Aurora	What the owner owes you
Invitee (highest duty)	Shoppers at Stanley Marketplace, patients at Anschutz-area clinics, grocery store customers, hotel guests, and anyone there for the mutual benefit of both parties	Must actively inspect for hazards, fix dangerous conditions, and warn of dangers that cannot be fixed immediately
Licensee (moderate duty)	Social guests in an Aurora home, or anyone on the property with the owner's permission for their own purpose	Must warn of known hazards that are not obvious; no duty to inspect for hidden dangers
Trespasser (lowest duty)	Anyone on the property without permission or legal right	Owed only protection from willful or wanton harm; special rules protect child trespassers under the attractive nuisance doctrine

The natural accumulation rule for Aurora winter falls

Colorado follows the natural accumulation rule, which generally shields property owners from liability for ice and snow that accumulates naturally during a storm. Aurora sits inside Colorado's hail alley, with documented hail events that leave moisture, sudden freeze cycles, and black ice overnight. The natural accumulation rule is not a blanket defense. A property owner can still be liable when enough time has passed after a storm for reasonable snow and ice removal and they did nothing, when they created or worsened a hazard by piling shoveled snow that refroze into a hidden ice patch, or when they started clearing snow and did it carelessly. Recent Colorado appellate decisions have narrowed this defense when an owner begins snow removal and performs it negligently.

The 182-day deadline for falls on Aurora government property

If your fall happened on city of Aurora property, a Regional Transportation District facility, a public school, or any other government-controlled property in Arapahoe, Adams, or Douglas County, you face a strict 182-day notice requirement under the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act (C.R.S. 24-10-109). That notice is a jurisdictional prerequisite. Missing it will almost always bar your claim entirely, regardless of how serious your injuries are. Most people assume they have two years and call too late. If there is any chance your fall was on government property, call us before the clock runs out.

Courthouse

Arapahoe County Justice Center

Most Aurora slip and fall lawsuits are filed in the Arapahoe County District Court, part of the 18th Judicial District of Colorado, located at the Arapahoe County Justice Center, 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112. Aurora is primarily in Arapahoe County, though the city also extends into Adams and Douglas counties. Where the fall occurred determines which county court has venue. We handle 18th Judicial District cases directly and know the local civil procedure, the judges, and the opposing firms that insure Aurora property owners.

Level I Trauma Care

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital

Aurora is home to UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, a Level I Trauma Center verified by the American College of Surgeons and designated by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, located on the Anschutz Medical Campus. For the most critically injured fall victims in Aurora, this is the regional center for complex trauma care. The Anschutz campus is also one of Aurora's busiest pedestrian and vehicle-traffic generators, with employees, patients, and delivery vehicles creating daily hazards on East 16th Avenue and Fitzsimons Parkway. Children's Hospital Colorado, also on the Anschutz Medical Campus, operates the region's only Level I Regional Pediatric Trauma Center for injured children.

High-Risk Corridors

I-225, Colfax Avenue, I-70, and E-470

Aurora's primary road corridors generate some of the most dangerous premises conditions in the metro area. Interstate 225 connects I-25 to I-70 through a 12-mile corridor with documented crash history and commercial properties on either side whose parking lots freeze overnight. East Colfax Avenue (US Highway 40 / US Highway 287) has high-priority safety intersections at Chambers Road and at I-225, identified by CDOT for collision frequency. Interstate 70's eastern corridor carries heavy commercial truck traffic between Tower Road and Pena Boulevard. The E-470 Toll Road beltway generates high-volume access to Denver International Airport, with frequent severe weather exposures in winter months. Slip and fall incidents in parking lots, pedestrian walkways, and building entrances adjacent to all four corridors are among the cases we handle for Aurora clients.

The Governing Law

C.R.S. 13-21-115

Colorado's Premises Liability Act is the statute your case turns on. We know exactly which visitor status applies and what duty the Aurora property owner owed you.

Serving Aurora from Denver

One real office. All of Aurora covered.

CGH Injury Lawyers operates from 2701 Lawrence St., Suite 201, Denver, CO 80205. We represent Aurora clients in the 18th Judicial District courts and handle every case with a licensed Colorado attorney, not a paralegal. You can call us at (303) 209-9395.

The 182-Day Trap

Government property falls move fast.

Falls on Aurora public property carry a 182-day written-notice requirement that most victims do not know about. We protect that deadline immediately.

Honest Case Evaluations

We will tell you if you have a case.

If the facts of your Aurora fall do not support a viable premises liability claim, we tell you in the free consultation rather than signing you up and letting the case drag. We do not take cases we cannot honestly stand behind.

Trial-Ready

8 attorneys. Prepared for the 18th Judicial District.

Managing Partner Kevin Cheney is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and has tried over 25 cases to verdict. Timothy G. Tarr has been recognized by Best Lawyers every year since 2023. When attorneys are genuinely ready to try a case, Aurora property insurers respond differently to a demand letter.

Bilingual

Hablamos espanol.

Spanish-speaking staff and attorneys serve Aurora's large Spanish-speaking community. No interpreter needed.

No Win, No Fee

Contingency only.

You pay nothing out of pocket for legal fees. We advance costs and collect only from a settlement or verdict.

Get medical care right away

For serious injuries in Aurora, UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital on the Anschutz Medical Campus operates a verified Level I Trauma Center. Even if you feel steady after the fall, soft-tissue injuries, head injuries, and fractures often worsen over hours. Get examined and keep every record and receipt from every provider.
Document the scene before it changes

Photograph the hazard, your injuries, the surrounding area, and any warning signs that were or were not present. Get the names and phone numbers of anyone who saw the fall. Ask the property manager or business for a written incident report and keep a copy.
Identify who controlled the property

In Aurora, a fall at a retail complex like Stanley Marketplace, at an Anschutz Medical Campus building, or along the E-470 corridor may involve multiple layers of ownership, leasing, and management contracts. Who owes the duty to you can depend on which party actually controlled the specific area where you fell. We trace those relationships early.
Call us before talking to any insurer

The property owner's insurer may reach out quickly. Do not give a recorded statement and do not accept any early offer before speaking with us. Early settlements almost always undervalue the full scope of your losses. Call (303) 209-9395.
We secure the evidence and protect the deadline

We send preservation letters for surveillance footage and maintenance records, confirm whether your fall touches a government entity that triggers the 182-day CGIA notice, establish your visitor status under C.R.S. 13-21-115, and document actual or constructive notice of the hazard.
Negotiate from a position of trial readiness, or go to trial

Most cases settle. We negotiate from the position of attorneys who are ready and willing to try the case in Arapahoe County District Court. When a property insurer refuses to pay a fair amount, we file and try the case.

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Compensation

What an Aurora slip and fall victim can recover

Colorado law recognizes two categories of recoverable damages in premises liability cases. Colorado does not cap economic damages. Non-economic damages are subject to a statutory cap under C.R.S. 13-21-102.5 for most claims, and compensation for physical impairment or disfigurement is not capped at all. If your fall was on government property, the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act imposes separate, lower caps under C.R.S. 24-10-114.

Economic damages (never capped)

Medical bills, past and future
Lost wages and lost income
Loss of earning capacity
Rehabilitation and future care costs
Out-of-pocket costs tied to the fall

Non-economic damages

Pain and suffering
Emotional distress
Loss of enjoyment of life
Permanent disability or diminished quality of life

For most slip and fall claims in Aurora, non-economic damages are capped at $1.5 million for claims accruing on or after January 1, 2025 (C.R.S. 13-21-102.5), with inflation adjustments beginning in 2028. Lower, inflation-adjusted caps apply to older claims depending on when the claim accrued. Compensation for physical impairment or disfigurement is expressly excluded from that cap under C.R.S. 13-21-102.5(5) and is not capped at all. If your Aurora fall was on government property and the CGIA applies, total recovery from a public entity is capped at $505,000 per person and $1,421,000 per occurrence for claims accruing on or after January 1, 2026 and before January 1, 2030 (C.R.S. 24-10-114(1)(b), as certified by the Colorado Secretary of State). We calculate the cap that applies to your specific claim and build the record to maximize what you can recover within it.

Colorado also follows modified comparative fault. If you were partly responsible for the fall, your recovery is reduced by your share of fault. At 50 percent or more responsibility, you recover nothing (C.R.S. 13-21-111). Property insurers will raise comparative fault early and aggressively. Preserving the scene evidence and building a clear timeline of the hazard is how we keep your share of fault where it belongs.

"The hazard was open and obvious"

Property owners often argue that a condition was so visible that any reasonable person would have avoided it. Colorado courts have traditionally been receptive to this argument. The standard is that if a danger is open and obvious to a reasonable person using ordinary care, the owner may not be liable. But the defense is not absolute. Recent Colorado Court of Appeals decisions have begun to limit it when owners create unreasonably dangerous conditions. Even a visible hazard can support liability if it is so dangerous that injury was foreseeable, or if the circumstances prevented you from reasonably avoiding it. This is why photographs of the exact scene and maintenance records matter so much to the outcome.
"We did not know about the hazard"

To win a premises liability case, you must prove the property owner knew or should have known about the dangerous condition. That comes down to actual notice, meaning someone told them, or constructive notice, meaning the hazard existed long enough that a reasonable inspection would have discovered it. Maintenance logs, surveillance footage showing how long the condition was present, prior complaints, and skipped inspection rounds are the evidence we go after. We send preservation letters for this material as soon as we take a case.
"It was natural accumulation from the storm"

Aurora's position in Colorado's hail alley means this defense comes up often in winter and post-storm cases. The natural accumulation rule is real, but it has clear limits. If the storm ended hours before your fall and the property owner had not salted, sanded, or cleared the area, or if their partial clearing left a hidden refrozen patch, the defense may not hold. The timing of the storm, the maintenance log, and the weather records for Aurora on the day you fell all become part of the case.
"You were partly at fault"

Under Colorado's modified comparative fault rule (C.R.S. 13-21-111), an insurer will try to assign you a percentage of responsibility, because every point reduces their payout and reaching 50 percent eliminates it entirely. What you were wearing, whether you were on your phone, and whether the hazard appeared on a path a reasonable person would have used are all things they will probe. We build the chronology and the physical record to keep that number accurate, not inflated.

Commercial property in Aurora, including retail centers, apartment complexes, and office buildings, typically carries general liability coverage that responds to slip and fall claims. That coverage is what your claim is made against.
Residential landlords in Aurora are frequently required by their mortgage lenders or property management agreements to carry homeowner or landlord liability policies. The same principle applies: you are filing against the policy, not the person's savings.
Falls on large commercial properties, such as those near the Stanley Marketplace retail complex or the Anschutz Medical Campus, often involve corporate entities or institutional property managers with larger coverage limits. We identify the full insurance picture before we send a demand.
The insurer's job is to minimize what they pay. They will investigate aggressively whether the owner is a stranger or someone you know personally. Having an attorney who is ready to try the case in court is the most effective way to make the insurer meet its obligation.

How long do I have to file a slip and fall claim in Aurora?

For most Aurora slip and fall claims against a private property owner, you generally have two years from the date of the accident to file a personal injury lawsuit (C.R.S. 13-80-102). If your fall was on government property, such as a city of Aurora sidewalk, a Regional Transportation District facility, or a public school building, a separate 182-day written-notice requirement under the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act (C.R.S. 24-10-109) applies and is a jurisdictional prerequisite. Missing the 182-day deadline will almost always end the claim permanently. If you are unsure whether government property was involved, call us before assuming you have two years.

Which court handles Aurora slip and fall lawsuits?

Most Aurora slip and fall cases are filed in the Arapahoe County District Court, which is part of the 18th Judicial District of Colorado. The courthouse is the Arapahoe County Justice Center at 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112. Because Aurora extends into Adams and Douglas counties as well, a fall in the northern or southern parts of the city could vest venue in those county courts instead. We determine the correct venue based on the location of the fall before filing.

Can I sue the city of Aurora if I fell on a public sidewalk?

Yes, but you must comply with the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act, which requires a written notice of claim filed within 182 days after you discover the injury (C.R.S. 24-10-109). That notice is a jurisdictional prerequisite and must contain the information the statute requires, including the time, place, and circumstances of the injury. Cities and counties can be liable for dangerous sidewalk or public-building conditions if they had actual or constructive notice and failed to remedy them, and if a waiver of governmental immunity applies. We evaluate whether your fall fits an immunity exception before anything else.

I slipped on ice in an Aurora parking lot. Does the natural accumulation rule block my claim?

Not automatically. Colorado's natural accumulation rule generally protects property owners from liability for ice and snow that accumulates naturally during a storm, but it has important limits. If the storm had passed and enough time had elapsed for reasonable snow and ice removal and the owner did nothing, if the owner created or worsened a hazard by piling snow that refroze, or if the owner began clearing and did it carelessly, liability can still attach. Recent Colorado appellate decisions have narrowed the natural accumulation defense when an owner undertakes snow removal and performs it negligently. Aurora's winter weather, including documented black ice conditions on overnight freeze cycles, makes the timing and the maintenance log central evidence in these cases.

What if the Aurora property owner says the hazard was open and obvious?

This is one of the most common defenses in Colorado slip and fall cases. The open-and-obvious doctrine can reduce or eliminate an owner's liability when the danger was visible to a reasonable person using ordinary care. But it is not absolute. Even an obvious hazard can support liability if it was unreasonably dangerous or if the circumstances made it impossible to avoid, and recent Colorado Court of Appeals decisions have begun to limit the defense in those situations. Scene photographs, maintenance records, and a detailed account of the conditions at the time of the fall are the evidence that decides these cases.

What if I was partly at fault for my fall in Aurora?

Colorado follows modified comparative negligence (C.R.S. 13-21-111). You can still recover damages as long as your share of fault was less than 50 percent. Your compensation is reduced by your percentage of responsibility. If you were 50 percent or more responsible for the fall, you recover nothing. Property insurers understand this and will aggressively try to assign you as large a fault percentage as possible. Preserving the scene evidence and building the timeline of the hazard early is how we keep that number accurate.

Is there a cap on what I can recover in an Aurora slip and fall case?

Colorado does not cap economic damages such as medical bills and lost wages in premises liability cases. Non-economic damages such as pain and suffering are capped under C.R.S. 13-21-102.5 for most claims. For claims accruing on or after January 1, 2025, that cap is $1.5 million, with inflation adjustments starting in 2028. Damages for physical impairment or disfigurement are expressly not capped under C.R.S. 13-21-102.5(5). If the fall was on government property, the CGIA caps recovery from a public entity at $505,000 per person and $1,421,000 per occurrence for claims accruing on or after January 1, 2026 and before January 1, 2030 (C.R.S. 24-10-114(1)(b), as certified by the Colorado Secretary of State).

Does CGH Injury Lawyers have an Aurora office?

CGH Injury Lawyers serves Aurora clients from our Denver office at 2701 Lawrence St., Suite 201, Denver, CO 80205. We do not have a separate Aurora location, but we handle Aurora premises liability cases in the 18th Judicial District courts and across every part of Aurora that extends into Adams and Douglas counties. You can call us at (303) 209-9395 or use the form on this page to start your free case review. We represent clients across Colorado with no fee unless we win.

Aurora

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Aurora Slip and Fall Lawyers Who Hold Property Owners Accountable

Colorado premises liability law decoded for Aurora slip and fall victims

The natural accumulation rule for Aurora winter falls

The 182-day deadline for falls on Aurora government property

Aurora courts, trauma care, and the roads where falls happen

Arapahoe County Justice Center

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital

I-225, Colfax Avenue, I-70, and E-470

Why Aurora slip and fall victims choose CGH Injury Lawyers

C.R.S. 13-21-115

One real office. All of Aurora covered.

Government property falls move fast.

We will tell you if you have a case.

8 attorneys. Prepared for the 18th Judicial District.

Hablamos espanol.

Contingency only.

What to do after a slip and fall in Aurora

Get medical care right away

Document the scene before it changes

Identify who controlled the property

Call us before talking to any insurer

We secure the evidence and protect the deadline

Negotiate from a position of trial readiness, or go to trial

What an Aurora slip and fall victim can recover

Economic damages (never capped)

Non-economic damages

The defenses Aurora property owners use, and how we answer them

"The hazard was open and obvious"

"We did not know about the hazard"

"It was natural accumulation from the storm"

"You were partly at fault"

Filing against the Aurora property's insurance, not the individual owner

Aurora slip and fall, frequently asked questions

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