Seriously hurt on US 36, the Northwest Parkway, Wadsworth Boulevard, or anywhere in Broomfield County? Insurers start from the assumption that the rider was reckless. We start from the evidence. Serving Broomfield from our Denver office. No fee unless we win.
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CGH Injury Lawyers serves injured motorcyclists throughout Broomfield County from our Denver office at 2701 Lawrence St., Suite 201. US 36 between Denver and Boulder is one of Colorado's highest-traffic corridors for both commuters and riders, with documented black-ice fatalities near the Church Ranch Boulevard exit. The Northwest Parkway interchange with I-25 has seen fatal and serious-injury crashes at ramp speeds. We know how adjusters weaponize gear choices and lane-filtering rules against riders on these roads, we document the evidence that defeats those arguments, and we prepare every case for trial. No upfront fees. Free first consultation.
Colorado motorcycle law lives in C.R.S. Title 42. The rules changed in August 2024. Riding by the old rulebook risks a citation, or worse, a denied claim. Here is what every Broomfield rider should know before they need it.
Colorado follows a modified comparative negligence rule with a 50 percent bar (C.R.S. 13-21-111). If you are found less than 50 percent at fault for your injuries, you can recover, but your award is reduced by your percentage of fault. If you are found 50 percent or more at fault, you recover nothing. Adjusters use gear choices, licensing questions, and filtering status to push a rider's fault percentage as high as possible. On a road like US 36, where black ice has caused fatal crashes and speeds run high, the question of road condition versus rider behavior is exactly where the fight happens. When we have the evidence to challenge the adjuster's fault calculation, the difference between a fair recovery and a denied claim is often that 50 percent line.
A Broomfield County motorcycle case lives in Broomfield County: the roadways where crashes happen, the courthouse where your case may be filed, and the trauma centers that treat the injuries. This is the ground we work on.
Courthouse
Broomfield is Colorado's 64th county, a consolidated city-county incorporated on November 15, 2001. Personal injury cases arising in Broomfield are filed in Broomfield Combined Courts, which houses the District Court, County Court, and Municipal Court under one roof at 17 Descombes Drive, Broomfield, CO 80020. The court sits in the 17th Judicial District. We handle Broomfield Combined Court cases directly from our Denver office.
Trauma Care
Broomfield riders seriously hurt in a crash have access to two CDPHE-designated Level II Trauma Centers. Intermountain Health Good Samaritan Hospital has received recertification as a Level II Trauma Center from the American College of Surgeons. Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital achieved its Level II designation from CDPHE in June 2021, upgraded from Level III. Both facilities are proximate to Broomfield's US 36 and I-25 corridors. The medical records from these centers document the full scope of your injuries and become the spine of your damages claim.
High-Crash Roads
Broomfield's road network creates concentrated crash risk for riders. US 36 (Denver-Boulder Turnpike) is a high-speed commuter corridor where freezing drizzle has formed black ice before snow accumulation, with fatal crashes documented near the Church Ranch Boulevard exit. The Northwest Parkway is a 9.05-mile limited-access toll road with both termini in Broomfield: the western end at US 36 near Interlocken Loop and the eastern end at the I-25 and E-470 interchange, where a fatal and serious-injury road-rage crash occurred at the southbound I-25 to southbound E-470 ramp in April 2024. SH 121 (Wadsworth Boulevard) and US 287 (overlapping SH 128 / 120th Avenue) are flagged in Broomfield's Transportation Plan as high-crash intersections along with 120th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard, and 160th Avenue and Huron Street. I-25 and US 87 form the eastern edge of Broomfield and carry freight and commuter traffic that crosses the motorcycle corridors at interchange speeds. FlatIron Crossing and the Interlocken Business Park generate heavy vehicle volume at the US 36 corridor that increases conflict points for riders.
Hazard Conditions
Broomfield's Front Range location creates overlapping hazards for motorcycle riders. Black ice on US 36 near Church Ranch Boulevard has caused fatal crashes when freezing drizzle forms a thin invisible layer before snow accumulation. Doppler radar has detected hail at or near Broomfield on 89 occasions, with trained spotters logging 23 on-the-ground reports, including severe events that can reduce visibility in seconds on exposed multi-lane roads. Broomfield's city emergency advisories warn against driving through flooded areas during severe thunderstorm events along the I-25 corridor and eastern plains. When road or weather conditions contributed to a crash, we document them through CDOT maintenance records, weather data, and expert analysis, because a dangerous road condition can shift fault away from the rider.
We serve Broomfield from our Denver office. Trial-ready attorneys, bilingual help, and no fee unless we win. We do not publish motorcycle settlement figures, because every rider injury is different and a number on a page tells you nothing about your case. What we offer is the work, not a headline.
The Law
Colorado's modified comparative negligence rule bars recovery at 50 percent fault. We challenge the fault percentage adjusters assign so Broomfield riders do not lose what they are owed at that line.
17th Judicial District Ready
Broomfield cases file in the 17th Judicial District at 17 Descombes Drive. As Colorado's consolidated city-county, Broomfield has its own combined court. We handle these cases directly from our Denver office and know the local procedural environment.
Rider Bias
Adjusters blame the rider before the facts are in. Dashcam footage, traffic-camera data, and weather records from US 36 or the Northwest Parkway are how we disprove it.
Honesty First
We do not take Broomfield motorcycle cases we cannot honestly advocate for. If your situation has a fatal legal problem, we tell you in the free review rather than sign you up and let the case stall.
Trial-Ready
Managing Partner Kevin Cheney is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates 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 prepared to try a case in Broomfield Combined Courts, insurers respond differently to a demand letter.
Bilingual
Spanish-speaking attorneys and staff serve Broomfield's Spanish-speaking community.
No Win, No Fee
You pay nothing out of pocket for legal fees. We advance costs and collect only from a settlement or verdict.
The decisions you make in the first 48 hours have an outsized effect on your claim. Take care of your health first, protect the evidence, and call before you talk to any insurer.
Intermountain Health Good Samaritan Hospital and Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital are both CDPHE-designated Level II Trauma Centers serving the Broomfield area. Get examined even if you feel fine, because adrenaline masks injuries that appear on imaging days later. Keep every record and bill.
A Broomfield Police Department report or Colorado State Patrol report is the first official record of what happened. Request the report number before you leave the scene if at all possible.
Photograph your injuries, the bike, the other vehicle, road markings, skid marks, and any traffic or surveillance cameras nearby. On US 36, the Northwest Parkway, and the I-25 corridor, CDOT cameras and toll-road systems may have captured the crash. We move quickly to preserve that footage before it is overwritten.
The at-fault driver's insurer will call quickly. Anything you say in a recorded statement is used to reduce your claim. Decline politely and call (303) 209-9395 first.
We secure dashcam footage, traffic-camera data, weather and road-condition records, witness statements, and the scene record before they are reinterpreted. We document compliance with C.R.S. 42-4-1502 (helmet), C.R.S. 42-4-232 (eye protection), and C.R.S. 42-4-1503 (lane filtering) so a failure-to-mitigate argument cannot stick.
Most cases settle. We negotiate as lawyers prepared to try the case in Broomfield Combined Courts, not as lawyers looking for the fastest exit. When an insurer refuses a fair offer, we file.
A serious motorcycle crash is rarely just a medical bill. Colorado law recognizes two broad categories of recoverable damages, and the amounts depend on your injuries, your percentage of fault, and what insurance is available.
For claims accruing on or after January 1, 2025, Colorado caps non-economic damages such as pain and suffering at $1.5 million under C.R.S. 13-21-102.5, with inflation adjustments starting in 2028. Two categories are not capped at all: economic damages (medical bills, lost wages, future care) and compensatory damages for physical impairment or disfigurement, which are expressly excluded from the cap under C.R.S. 13-21-102.5(5). Colorado's minimum liability limits for any at-fault driver are $25,000 per person and $50,000 per accident for bodily injury. If the driver who hit you carries only the minimum, your own UM/UIM coverage often becomes the most important policy in the case.
Insurance adjusters reach for the same arguments every time. Knowing where they aim is the first step to defeating them.
Colorado does not require helmets for adults (C.R.S. 42-4-1502). The insurer knows this. What they argue instead is that the rider failed to mitigate damages, meaning the injuries would have been less severe with a helmet. We fight this argument directly by connecting the mechanism of injury to what a helmet would and would not have changed, and by challenging the insurer's fault calculation under C.R.S. 13-21-111.
After the 2024 change to C.R.S. 42-4-1503, insurers routinely mislabel legal lane filtering as illegal lane splitting. Filtering is legal when traffic is fully stopped and the rider travels at 15 mph or less. If you were filtering within those limits on US 36 or SH 121, we document it with camera footage, witness accounts, and speed data. If you were not, we need to know that at the outset.
Riding without a Class M endorsement is illegal and gives an insurer a negligence per se argument. If this is a fact in your case, we need to know it early so we can assess honestly whether it is a bar to your claim or a factor that reduces it.
US 36 black ice near Church Ranch Boulevard has caused fatal crashes, and Broomfield severe hail events can reduce visibility in seconds. When road or weather conditions contributed to the crash, we work to document them through CDOT maintenance records, weather data, and expert testimony, because a dangerous road condition can shift fault away from the rider and toward the government entity responsible for maintenance or the driver who failed to adjust for conditions.
A serious motorcycle crash can exceed $100,000 in medical bills and lost wages quickly. Colorado's minimum coverage rarely matches that, which is why your own uninsured and underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) coverage so often becomes the most important policy in the case.
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Broomfield is Colorado's only consolidated city-county, the state's 64th county, incorporated on November 15, 2001. Personal injury cases arising in Broomfield are filed in Broomfield Combined Courts, the 17th Judicial District, at 17 Descombes Drive, Broomfield, CO 80020. The combined courthouse houses the District Court, County Court, and Municipal Court. CGH Injury Lawyers handles Broomfield cases directly from our Denver office.
Colorado gives you three years from the date of the crash to file a lawsuit for injuries arising out of the use or operation of a motor vehicle (C.R.S. 13-80-101(1)(n)). Shorter deadlines can apply. Most non-vehicle injury claims must be filed within two years (C.R.S. 13-80-102(1)(a)), and claims involving a government vehicle or agency require a formal written notice within 182 days of discovering the injury (C.R.S. 24-10-109(1)). Contact an attorney early so your specific deadline is confirmed before anything is missed.
Colorado requires helmets only for riders under 18 (C.R.S. 42-4-1502). Adults may legally ride without one. However, choosing not to wear a helmet can affect your compensation because insurers argue you failed to mitigate your injuries, which under Colorado's comparative negligence rule (C.R.S. 13-21-111) can reduce what you recover.
Lane filtering became legal on August 7, 2024 under SB24-079 (C.R.S. 42-4-1503), but only when traffic is completely stopped and the motorcycle travels at 15 mph or less on a road with at least two adjacent same-direction lanes. Lane splitting, riding between lanes of moving traffic at speed, remains illegal. Broomfield's multi-lane corridors on US 36 and SH 121 qualify for filtering under the right conditions. Insurers routinely mislabel legal filtering as illegal splitting to deny claims, which is why we move quickly to document the traffic conditions with camera footage and witness statements.
Colorado follows a modified comparative negligence rule with a 50 percent bar (C.R.S. 13-21-111). If you are found less than 50 percent at fault for your injuries, you can recover, but your damages are reduced proportionally by your share of fault. If you are found 50 percent or more at fault, you recover nothing. Adjusters regularly try to push a rider's fault percentage over 50 percent by emphasizing gear choices or road behavior. We challenge that assessment and document the evidence that counters it.
For claims accruing on or after January 1, 2025, Colorado caps non-economic damages such as pain and suffering at $1.5 million under C.R.S. 13-21-102.5, with inflation adjustments starting in 2028. Economic damages such as medical bills, lost wages, and future care costs are not capped. Damages for physical impairment or disfigurement are also not capped under C.R.S. 13-21-102.5(5). The cap that applies to your case depends on when your injury occurred.
If the at-fault driver is uninsured or underinsured, your own UM/UIM policy becomes the primary source of recovery. Colorado insurers are required to offer UM/UIM coverage, though you can decline it in writing. Without UM coverage, suing an individual with no assets to collect from is often impractical. We identify every policy in play, including your own, any commercial policy if the driver was traveling for a business headquartered in Interlocken or elsewhere in Broomfield, and any umbrella coverage, before negotiating a demand.
Yes. CGH Injury Lawyers serves all of Broomfield County from our Denver office at 2701 Lawrence St., Suite 201. We handle Broomfield Combined Court cases in the 17th Judicial District directly. Our attorneys are licensed Colorado attorneys who handle every case personally, not paralegals. Call (303) 209-9395 or submit your case online for a free review.
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