Icy parking lots at FlatIron Crossing. Broken pavers along Wadsworth Blvd. Unlit stairwells at Interlocken office parks. When a Broomfield property owner lets a dangerous condition stay dangerous, Colorado's Premises Liability Act holds them responsible. We serve Broomfield from our Denver office. No fee unless we win.
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A fall in Broomfield is not the same as a fall anywhere else. Broomfield County is a consolidated city and county with a single courthouse, 74,000 residents packed into a dense corridor between Denver and Boulder, and winter road and pedestrian conditions that CDOT consistently ranks among the most hazardous in the state. CGH Injury Lawyers handles slip and fall claims for Broomfield residents from our Denver office. We investigate, send the preservation letters, fight the insurance company, and try the case when a fair settlement is refused. You owe us nothing unless we win.
You do not need to be blameless to have a valid claim. You need to have been injured on someone else's property because of a dangerous condition they failed to address. We represent adults and children hurt in every kind of Broomfield premises scenario.
Colorado handles all slip and fall claims under the Premises Liability Act (C.R.S. 13-21-115). That statute uses a three-tier visitor classification system. Your tier decides exactly what the property owner owed you, and that question decides your case.
| Visitor status | Who it covers | What the property owner owed you |
|---|---|---|
| Invitee (highest duty) | Customers at FlatIron Crossing, hotel guests at the Omni Interlocken, shoppers at any Broomfield retail location, and anyone on the property for the mutual benefit of both parties | Must actively inspect for hazards, fix dangerous conditions, and warn of dangers that cannot be immediately fixed |
| Licensee (moderate duty) | Social guests visiting a Broomfield home, or anyone on the property with permission but not for the owner's commercial benefit | 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 |
Example: if you slip on black ice in a FlatIron Crossing parking lot, you are a retail customer and therefore an invitee. The property has a duty to inspect that lot, treat it, and warn of icy conditions before sending you to your car.
Colorado follows the natural accumulation rule, which generally shields property owners from liability for ice and snow that naturally accumulates during a storm. Broomfield sits on a front-range corridor where sudden snowstorms and black ice on US 36 and Wadsworth Blvd (SH 121) are a documented, recurring hazard every winter. The natural accumulation rule means owners are not automatically liable every time it snows, but their protection has clear limits.
Recent Colorado appellate decisions have narrowed this defense. When an owner starts the removal process and does it carelessly, they can lose the protection of the rule entirely.
A slip and fall case in Broomfield lives in Broomfield. The courthouse where your case would be filed, the hospital that treated you, and the specific roads and properties where falls occur are all Broomfield details. Here is what we know about the ground we work on.
Courthouse
Personal injury cases arising in Broomfield are filed in the Broomfield Combined Courts (District Court), located at 17 Descombes Dr., Broomfield, CO 80020, part of the 17th Judicial District. Broomfield is a consolidated city and county, which means there is one unified court handling both municipal and district matters. We file and litigate directly in that courthouse.
Trauma Care
Broomfield's primary trauma resource is Intermountain Health Good Samaritan Hospital, designated a Level II Trauma Center by CDPHE and verified by the American College of Surgeons. For a slip and fall producing serious injuries, Good Samaritan is the facility most likely to generate the initial trauma records that anchor your damages claim. UCHealth Emergency Care Broomfield Hospital also serves the area for emergency care, with complex trauma routing to UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (Level I) in Aurora.
High-Risk Roads
Broomfield's pedestrian falls cluster around the same corridors that carry its commuter traffic. US 36 (the Denver-Boulder Turnpike), Wadsworth Blvd (SH 121), and 120th Ave (SH 128) are the city's primary arterials, and the Northwest Parkway connects US 36 to I-25 through high-traffic Broomfield and Adams County areas. US 287 (Federal Blvd / Wadsworth Bypass) adds another major north-south axis. Black ice and sudden snowstorms on these corridors are documented winter hazards, with dangerous intersections at US 36 / Wadsworth Blvd and 120th Ave / Wadsworth Blvd identified among the most dangerous in the city.
High-Traffic Hazard Sites
FlatIron Crossing is a 1,467,566 sq ft regional mall with approximately 198 stores and constant pedestrian and vehicle traffic. Interlocken Advanced Technology Park spans 963 acres along the US 36 corridor with major employers including Oracle and Ball Corporation, generating dense daily commuter foot traffic. Both landmarks produce substantial slip and fall exposure in winter months and any time water, merchandise, or surface defects create trip hazards in high-volume public spaces. When you fell at either location, you were almost certainly an invitee owed the highest duty under Colorado law.
Trial-ready attorneys, bilingual service, and a willingness to turn down cases we cannot honestly back. We do not publish slip and fall settlement figures on this page. Every fall injury is different, and a number on a page tells you nothing about what your specific case is worth. What we offer is the work.
The Law
Colorado's Premises Liability Act. We know exactly which visitor tier you occupied and what duty the property owner owed you before we accept your case.
Denver Office Serves Broomfield
We are a Denver firm at 2701 Lawrence St., Suite 201, and we serve Broomfield County from that office. When your case needs to go to Broomfield Combined Courts, we litigate there directly. You will never be handed off to a local referral partner.
Honest Evaluation
If the facts of your fall put you squarely outside the Premises Liability Act's protection, we say so in the free review rather than sign you up and let the case die slowly. Cases we take, we fight.
182 Days
If you fell on a public sidewalk or city property in Broomfield, the 182-day window to file a written notice of claim under the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act (C.R.S. 24-10-109) runs from the date you discovered the injury. Do not assume that window has not already started. Call us immediately.
Trial-Ready
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 premises liability insurers know we are genuinely ready to try the case in front of a Broomfield County jury, they negotiate differently.
Bilingual
Spanish-speaking attorneys and staff serve Broomfield's Spanish-speaking community throughout the case.
No Win, No Fee
You pay zero in legal fees unless we recover for you. We advance the investigation costs and collect only from a settlement or jury verdict.
Evidence disappears fast. Surveillance footage is overwritten, spills are cleaned, ice patches are treated, and witnesses move on. The steps you take in the hours and days after a fall shape the entire claim.
Intermountain Health Good Samaritan Hospital is Broomfield's Level II Trauma Center and the most likely destination for serious fall injuries in the area. For emergency care, UCHealth Emergency Care Broomfield Hospital is also available. Even injuries that seem minor can mask fractures, TBI, or spinal damage. Get examined and keep every record.
Photograph the exact spot where you fell, the hazard that caused it (wet floor, ice patch, broken pavement, missing handrail), and your injuries. Get the names and contact information of any witnesses. Photograph the posted signs, or the absence of them.
Ask for an incident report. Make sure you receive a copy. Do not describe your injuries in detail and do not apologize or admit fault. The report creates an official record that the incident happened.
The property owner's liability insurer may contact you quickly with a friendly-sounding question. Do not give a recorded statement or accept any payment before speaking with us. Call (303) 209-9395.
We send preservation letters to secure surveillance footage and maintenance logs before they are overwritten or destroyed. We document your visitor status, gather the scene evidence, and build the notice record the law requires.
Most cases settle. We negotiate from a position of trial readiness and file in Broomfield Combined Courts when a fair settlement is refused.
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Colorado follows a modified comparative negligence rule with a 50 percent bar (C.R.S. 13-21-111). You can still recover damages if you were partly at fault, as long as you were less than 50 percent responsible. At 50 percent or more, you recover nothing. Insurers aggressively argue you were careless, which is why evidence preservation matters from the first hour.
Colorado does not cap economic damages such as medical bills and lost wages in premises liability cases. Non-economic damages are subject to the general statutory cap under C.R.S. 13-21-102.5, which is $1.5 million for claims accruing on or after January 1, 2025, with inflation adjustments beginning in 2028. Critically, compensation for physical impairment or disfigurement is not capped at all under C.R.S. 13-21-102.5(5). If your fall left you with a permanent impairment, that category of harm is fully recoverable without a dollar ceiling.
Premises liability insurers reach for the same defenses in almost every Broomfield case. Knowing what each one actually requires under Colorado law is how we keep valid claims alive.
Property owners frequently argue that a danger was so visible they had no duty to warn. Colorado courts have historically been receptive to this defense, but recent Colorado Court of Appeals decisions have begun to limit it when owners create unreasonably dangerous conditions. Even a visible hazard can support liability when it is so dangerous that injury is foreseeable. Surveillance footage and maintenance records are often the difference between winning and losing this argument.
The owner must have actual or constructive notice of a dangerous condition. Actual notice means someone told them or a staff member saw the problem. Constructive notice means the hazard existed long enough that a reasonable inspection would have found it. We use maintenance logs, cleaning schedules, surveillance footage, and prior incident reports to establish that a Broomfield owner knew or should have known before your fall.
The natural accumulation rule is real, and Colorado courts do apply it. But it has limits. If the storm ended hours before you fell, if the owner started clearing and stopped, or if the owner's own plowing operation created the ice that brought you down, the natural accumulation defense is significantly weakened or gone. Broomfield's documented pattern of sudden snowstorms and black ice on US 36 and SH 121 makes the timing question especially important here.
Colorado's modified comparative fault bar means the defense only needs to push your fault to 50 percent or more to eliminate your recovery entirely. They will argue you were not paying attention, wearing the wrong footwear, or moving too fast. We build the scene evidence, witness testimony, and property maintenance record to demonstrate that the owner's negligence was the dominant cause of your fall, not your own conduct.
One honest thing we will say up front: we do not take every case someone brings us. If the facts of your Broomfield fall put you squarely inside a defense that controls under Colorado law, we tell you that in the free review rather than stringing you along. The cases we do take, we prepare and fight fully.
Many people hesitate to pursue a slip and fall claim because the property is owned by a business they like or a neighbor they know. Understanding how the money moves usually changes that calculation.
For a fall on private commercial or residential property in Broomfield, you generally have two years from the date of the accident to file a personal injury lawsuit in Colorado (C.R.S. 13-80-102). If you fell on government-controlled property, a much shorter 182-day notice deadline, running from the date you discovered the injury, applies under the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act (C.R.S. 24-10-109). Missing the government notice window almost always bars the claim permanently. Contact us immediately if government property was involved.
Possibly, but the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act (C.R.S. 24-10-109) requires you to file a written notice of claim within 182 days of discovering the injury. Broomfield is a consolidated city and county, so a claim against a public sidewalk would run through Broomfield County government. Missing the 182-day window will almost certainly end the claim. Government liability also exists only when an immunity exception applies, such as a dangerous condition of a public building or covered public roadway. Call us right away if a public sidewalk, city facility, or other government property was involved.
Yes. As a shopper at FlatIron Crossing, you are an invitee under Colorado's Premises Liability Act (C.R.S. 13-21-115). The mall and its tenants owe you the highest duty of care: they must actively inspect for hazards, correct dangerous conditions, and warn you of dangers they cannot immediately fix. A homeowner hosting a social guest owes a lower licensee duty and only has to warn of known hazards, not inspect for hidden ones. The gap in those duties matters significantly to the strength of your claim.
Not necessarily. The natural accumulation rule protects owners during and immediately after a storm, but it has clear limits. If substantial time had passed for reasonable snow removal, if the owner created the hazard by piling snow that refroze, or if the owner started removing snow but did it negligently, Colorado courts have found liability despite the natural accumulation rule. The timing between the storm's end and your fall, and the owner's actions during that window, are the critical facts we investigate first.
Yes, as long as you were less than 50 percent at fault. Colorado uses modified comparative negligence under C.R.S. 13-21-111. Your damages are reduced by your percentage of fault. If you were 30 percent at fault and your damages are $100,000, you collect $70,000. At 50 percent or more at fault, you collect nothing. Insurance adjusters work hard to push your fault above 50 percent because that eliminates their obligation entirely. That is exactly where having an attorney who controls the evidence record pays off.
Colorado does not cap economic damages such as medical bills and lost wages in premises liability cases. Non-economic damages like pain and suffering are subject to the general statutory cap under C.R.S. 13-21-102.5, which is $1.5 million for claims accruing on or after January 1, 2025. However, compensation specifically for physical impairment or disfigurement is not capped at all under that statute. If your fall produced a permanent impairment, that portion of your recovery has no ceiling.
Broomfield personal injury cases go to Broomfield Combined Courts (District Court) at 17 Descombes Dr., Broomfield, CO 80020, in the 17th Judicial District. Because Broomfield is a consolidated city and county, there is one unified court for both district and municipal matters. Most slip and fall claims settle before a lawsuit is filed, but where a case would be tried affects the jury pool and how insurers calculate settlement value. We litigate directly in Broomfield Combined Courts.
Colorado is a statewide bar state. There is no requirement that your attorney maintain a local office in the city where your fall occurred. CGH Injury Lawyers serves Broomfield from our Denver office at 2701 Lawrence St., Suite 201. When a Broomfield case requires litigation, we appear directly in Broomfield Combined Courts. What matters is whether your attorney knows Colorado's Premises Liability Act, the 17th Judicial District procedures, and how to build a premises liability record that survives the defenses Broomfield property owners and their insurers will raise. That is what we bring.
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