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Greeley Brain Injury Lawyers Who Prove the Injury Insurers Say Is Not There

Whether your TBI happened on US 34, near the Spaghetti Junction interchange, or anywhere across Weld County, the insurance company will argue your scan looks normal and the injury is not serious. We counter that argument with neuropsychological testing, advanced imaging, and life-care planning, then take your case to Weld County District Court if the insurer refuses to pay fair value. We serve Greeley clients from our Denver office, and you pay nothing unless we win.

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  • A brain injury happens when an outside force disrupts how the brain works. Doctors grade it on the Glasgow Coma Scale: mild (GCS 13 to 15, often called a concussion), moderate (GCS 9 to 12), and severe (GCS 3 to 8). A mild score does not mean a minor injury, and a normal MRI does not mean no injury.
  • Colorado caps non-economic damages such as pain and suffering at $1.5 million for claims accruing on or after January 1, 2025 (C.R.S. 13-21-102.5), but economic damages like medical bills, lost wages, and a life-care plan have no cap at all, and compensation for physical impairment or disfigurement is also uncapped.
  • The motor-vehicle filing deadline in Colorado is three years (C.R.S. 13-80-101(1)(n)). If a government vehicle or entity was involved, a written notice is due within 182 days of discovering the injury (C.R.S. 24-10-109). Symptoms can emerge weeks after a crash, so speak with an attorney early.

If you or a family member sustained a brain injury in Greeley or anywhere in Weld County, CGH Injury Lawyers handles the medical proof, the Weld County District Court filings, and the insurance negotiation from our Denver office. You pay nothing unless we recover for you.

Why these cases are different

Why Weld County brain injury claims are harder than other injury cases

A broken bone shows up on an X-ray. A brain injury often does not. That gap is exactly where insurance companies attack, arguing that if a scan looks normal, the injury is not real. On US 34, US 85, and the roads feeding the JBS USA beef processing plant on Greeley's east side, commercial trucks and high-speed traffic create the kind of crash forces that cause microscopic axonal tears in the brain, tears that a standard CT or MRI will not detect.

The negative-scan problem

Standard CT and MRI scans detect bleeding and fractures. They often miss the microscopic axonal tears that cause lasting symptoms after a mild TBI. Adjusters working Greeley cases will use a clean scan to argue your injury does not exist, even when your daily life tells a different story. We counter with advanced imaging, neuropsychological testing, and the testimony of people who knew you before the accident.

  • Insurers often label a Greeley brain injury minor to justify a small offer, even when the symptoms affect your ability to work at a JBS plant, a UNC classroom, or a Weld County office job.
  • Cognitive symptoms, headaches, memory problems, and mood changes are real harms a Weld County jury can understand once the case is built with objective evidence.
  • Brain injuries in Greeley most often arise from vehicle crashes on the US 34 expressway and the US 85 north-south corridor, though falls, workplace accidents, and pedestrian strikes on city streets also cause serious TBIs.
TBI classifications

How doctors at Banner North Colorado Medical Center grade a traumatic brain injury

Medical teams at Banner North Colorado Medical Center, the Level II Trauma Center in Greeley, classify a TBI using the Glasgow Coma Scale, a 15-point assessment of eye, verbal, and motor response usually recorded within hours of the injury. That score becomes a key piece of evidence in your claim, but it describes the first day, not the rest of your life.

  1. Mild TBI (GCS 13 to 15)

    Often called a concussion. It involves brief loss of consciousness under 30 minutes, or confusion right after impact. Symptoms include headaches, dizziness, memory problems, and sensitivity to light and noise. Mild on paper, these injuries can cause post-concussion syndrome that lasts months or years, particularly when the initial crash force on US 34 was substantial.

  2. Moderate TBI (GCS 9 to 12)

    Loss of consciousness lasting 30 minutes to 24 hours, often with abnormalities visible on a CT or MRI scan. Victims commonly face cognitive deficits, personality changes, and physical impairments that require months of rehabilitation, hospital stays, and therapy, often at Banner North Colorado or at Craig Hospital in Englewood.

  3. Severe TBI (GCS 3 to 8)

    Extended unconsciousness or coma, often with a skull fracture or brain bleeding. Survivors can face permanent disability affecting movement, speech, memory, and executive function. These cases require life-care plans that project decades of medical needs, adaptive equipment, and lost earning capacity, a demand that is often the centerpiece of the claim in Weld County District Court.

Your medical classification is the starting point, not the endpoint. A mild TBI that stops a Weld County worker from concentrating on operating machinery or managing a workflow can warrant more compensation than a moderate TBI in someone who makes a full recovery. What matters is how the injury changed your ability to work and live.

The mild label

Why a Greeley concussion can still be a serious legal case

Mild traumatic brain injury is one of the most misleading phrases in medicine. It describes the GCS score, not the fallout. Insurance companies defending Greeley crash cases use the word mild to offer a few thousand dollars for an injury that affects you for years. Weld County adjusters know the local jury pool and they know how to minimize claims early.

Post-concussion syndrome

Post-concussion syndrome affects an estimated 15 to 30 percent of people with a mild TBI. Symptoms can persist for months or years, including chronic headaches, vertigo, mental fog, emotional volatility, and sleep problems. For Greeley workers in agriculture, manufacturing, healthcare, and education, those symptoms can end the ability to do essential parts of the job, or prevent a return to work entirely.

Loss of earning capacity in Greeley

Even if you return to work after a concussion, you may be owed compensation for diminished earning capacity. Weld County's economy includes large agricultural, food processing, and oilfield operations. If a brain injury blocks a promotion, forces reduced hours, or makes it impossible to return to physically or cognitively demanding work, a vocational expert can calculate the lifetime financial impact. That number often dwarfs an insurer's first offer on a Greeley case.

Lifetime care

Securing lifetime care after a moderate or severe Greeley TBI

Moderate and severe brain injuries change the course of a life. A high-speed crash on the US 34 expressway or a rollover near the Spaghetti Junction interchange can produce the kind of forces that cause severe TBI. These cases require a legal strategy that accounts for decades of medical needs, lost independence, and the impact on the whole family.

What a life-care plan covers in a Weld County case

A life-care plan is a detailed document prepared by a certified life-care planner or rehabilitation specialist that projects every medical expense the victim will face. Craig Hospital in Englewood is one of the nation's top-ranked rehabilitation centers for brain and spinal cord injuries and is a local Colorado benchmark for projected future care costs. A Weld County life-care plan typically includes:

  • Ongoing physician care, including neurology, physiatry, and psychiatry.
  • Rehabilitation therapies: physical, occupational, speech, and cognitive.
  • Prescription medications and medical supplies.
  • Durable medical equipment such as wheelchairs, communication devices, and home modifications.
  • Attendant care or nursing services, including around-the-clock supervision in severe cases.
  • Case management and care coordination for Weld County patients who may travel to Denver or Fort Collins for specialist services.

Economic damages (no cap)

  • Medical bills, past and future
  • Lost wages and lost income
  • Loss of future earning capacity
  • Life-care plan and long-term care costs
  • Rehabilitation and therapy
  • Home modifications and adaptive equipment

Non-economic and family damages

  • Pain and suffering
  • Loss of enjoyment of life
  • Permanent impairment and disfigurement
  • Loss of consortium for a spouse
  • The family's loss of companionship and support
Local Knowledge

Greeley courts. Greeley trauma care. Greeley ground.

A Greeley brain injury case lives in Weld County: the hospital that treated you, the roads where the crash happened, and the courthouse where your case may be filed. Here is the ground we work on.

Trauma Care

Banner North Colorado Medical Center, Level II Trauma Center

Banner North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley is a designated Level II Trauma Center, confirmed by Banner Health. That designation means on-call trauma surgeons and specialists are available around the clock for severe injuries. When a victim arrives from a crash on US 34 or US 85, the trauma records from Banner North Colorado document the full scope of the brain injury and become the backbone of the damages claim. We gather every record and make sure it is reflected in the demand.

High-Risk Roads

US 34, US 85, and the Spaghetti Junction interchange

US Route 34 is Greeley's primary east-west expressway, with documented dangerous intersections at 35th Avenue and near Weld County Road 17. US Route 85 is the main north-south corridor through the city. Together they meet at the Spaghetti Junction interchange near Garden City, a complex multi-highway interchange with a documented crash history that is the subject of a $4 million CDOT safety improvement project. State Highway 257 connects the city north-south and has been involved in fatal crashes near the US 34 and SH 257 junction. Heavy semi-truck traffic generated by the JBS USA beef processing plant on the east side of the city adds commercial vehicle hazard across local streets and roads, and truck-versus-passenger-vehicle crashes are a significant source of serious TBI in Weld County.

Courthouse

Weld County District Court, 19th Judicial District

A Greeley brain injury lawsuit that exceeds the county-court limit is filed in Weld County District Court, which sits in the 19th Judicial District. The courthouse is at the Weld County Courthouse, 901 9th Ave, Greeley, CO 80631, with a clerk's office and filing location at the Centennial Center, 915 10th Street, Greeley, CO 80631. Local procedure, the jury pool, and the defense firms you face in Weld County all differ from other judicial districts. We handle 19th Judicial District brain injury cases directly from our Denver office.

Colorado law

Colorado laws that shape your Greeley brain injury case

A few Colorado rules decide how much time you have, how fault affects your award, and which damages have limits. Here is what matters most for a Weld County TBI claim.

Filing deadline for motor vehicle crashes (C.R.S. 13-80-101)

Colorado gives you three years from the date of a 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)). Brain injury symptoms can emerge or worsen weeks or months later. Talk to an attorney early, while you are still treating, to protect your options before evidence fades.

Government entity involved: 182-day notice (C.R.S. 24-10-109)

If a Weld County government vehicle, a City of Greeley vehicle, or another public entity was involved in causing your brain injury, the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act requires a written notice of claim within 182 days after you discover the injury. Missing that deadline bars the claim entirely. The 2026 CGIA caps are $505,000 per person and $1,421,000 per occurrence for claims accruing on or after January 1, 2026 (C.R.S. 24-10-114(1)(b), as certified by the Colorado Secretary of State).

Comparative fault (C.R.S. 13-21-111)

Colorado follows modified comparative negligence. You can recover even if you were partly at fault, as long as your share is not 50 percent or more. Your award is reduced by your percentage of fault. At 50 percent or more, you recover nothing. Weld County insurers will push fault onto the injured person to cut payouts, which is why early evidence preservation and accident reconstruction matter.

Damage caps and insurance

  • Colorado caps non-economic damages such as pain and suffering at $1.5 million for claims accruing on or after January 1, 2025 (C.R.S. 13-21-102.5), with inflation adjustments starting in 2028. Economic damages (medical bills, lost wages, life-care plans) are not capped, and compensatory damages for physical impairment or disfigurement are also not capped. Together these uncapped categories typically make up the bulk of a serious TBI recovery.
  • Minimum auto insurance is often far too low for a brain injury, where bills can run into six figures. Underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage lets you tap your own policy when the at-fault driver lacks enough insurance. Confirming every available policy is one of the first things we do.
  • If the at-fault party acted with willful and wanton disregard, such as a drunk or distracted truck driver on US 85, you may also pursue punitive damages (C.R.S. 13-21-102).
Building your case

Evidence that proves an invisible brain injury in a Weld County case

Insurers defending Greeley TBI claims argue that symptoms are exaggerated, pre-existing, or unrelated to the accident. A winning case is built in layers, combining objective testing with the human story of how your life changed after the crash.

  1. Neuropsychological testing

    A multi-hour assessment that measures memory, attention, processing speed, executive function, and emotional regulation against age-matched norms. It produces objective data that answers the Weld County insurer's claim that you seem fine on a routine exam.

  2. Advanced imaging

    Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) maps white-matter tracts and reveals the microscopic tears that standard scans miss. Functional MRI shows the brain working harder to perform tasks that used to be automatic. Both can prove injury when a routine MRI ordered at Banner North Colorado looks normal.

  3. Vocational expert testimony

    A vocational rehabilitation expert reviews your work history and post-injury capabilities to show which jobs you can still do and at what wage. In Weld County, where many jobs involve physical or precision cognitive demands in agriculture, energy, and manufacturing, that gap in earning capacity can be substantial.

  4. Before-and-after and day-in-the-life proof

    Coworkers, family members, and friends who knew you before the injury testify to the change. Day-in-the-life documentation of daily struggles humanizes the medical records and helps a Weld County jury feel the full impact of what you lost.

Why CGH

Why Greeley brain injury victims choose CGH Injury Lawyers

Trial-ready attorneys who handle Weld County District Court cases directly, bilingual staff, and no fee unless we win. We do not publish TBI settlement figures, because every case is different and a number on a page tells you nothing about your case. What we offer is the work, not a headline.

The Invisible Injury

Normal scan, real injury.

Standard CT and MRI scans miss the microscopic axonal tears that cause lasting TBI symptoms. We build cases with DTI imaging and neuropsychological testing that prove what a routine scan cannot show.

Serving Greeley

Weld County cases, handled directly.

We serve Greeley clients from our Denver office at 2701 Lawrence St. and appear in Weld County District Court, 19th Judicial District, ourselves. Your case is not handed off to local contract counsel.

The 182-Day Clock

Government vehicle involved?

If a Weld County or City of Greeley vehicle caused your TBI, a written notice is due within 182 days of discovery. We move fast to protect that deadline.

Uncapped Categories

Medicals and life-care: no cap.

Economic damages and compensation for physical impairment are not capped in Colorado, and they usually make up the bulk of a serious TBI claim. We work with life-care planners and vocational economists to capture every dollar.

Trial-Ready

8 attorneys, prepared for trial.

Managing Partner Kevin Cheney is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and has tried over 25 cases to verdict. When attorneys are genuinely ready to try a Weld County case, insurers respond differently to a demand.

Bilingual

Hablamos espanol.

Spanish-speaking staff and attorneys serve Greeley's large Spanish-speaking community, from intake through resolution.

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 in your Greeley brain injury case.

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How it works

How we handle a Greeley brain injury case

We prepare every Weld County case as if it will be tried in the 19th Judicial District. Most resolve before a courtroom, but trial readiness is what makes a Weld County insurer pay full value on a TBI claim.

  1. Free case evaluation

    We review the facts of your Greeley crash or incident, explain your rights under Colorado law, and answer your questions at no cost and no obligation.

  2. Preserve evidence and meet the 182-day deadline

    We send preservation letters for vehicle data, dashcam footage, and commercial truck logs. If a government entity is involved, we move immediately to file the written notice required within 182 days of discovery under C.R.S. 24-10-109.

  3. Build the medical proof

    We coordinate neuropsychological testing, advanced imaging such as DTI, and treating-physician records from Banner North Colorado Medical Center and every other provider to document the injury that routine scans can miss.

  4. Project the full cost

    We work with life-care planners and vocational economists to value lifetime care and lost earning capacity in the context of Weld County wages and industries, not just today's medical bills.

  5. Demand and negotiate

    We send a documented demand to the insurer and negotiate from a position of trial readiness, not from a willingness to take the first offer from a Weld County adjuster.

  6. Trial in Weld County District Court when needed

    If an insurer refuses to be fair, our trial lawyers are prepared to present your case to a Weld County jury at the 19th Judicial District courthouse in Greeley.

Settling before you reach maximum medical improvement, the point where your condition stabilizes and doctors can project long-term needs, often leaves money on the table because future complications have not yet appeared. We tell you honestly where your Greeley case stands at every stage.

Questions

Greeley brain injury, frequently asked questions

How long do I have to file a brain injury claim after a Greeley car crash?

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)). If a government vehicle or entity was involved, a written notice under the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act is due within 182 days of discovering the injury (C.R.S. 24-10-109), a much shorter window that can easily pass before you even know the full extent of your TBI. Do not wait to contact an attorney.

Where is a Greeley brain injury lawsuit filed?

Personal injury cases that arise in Weld County are filed in Weld County District Court, the 19th Judicial District, at the Weld County Courthouse, 901 9th Ave, Greeley, CO 80631, with a clerk's office and filing location at the Centennial Center, 915 10th Street, Greeley. Local rules, the jury pool, and the defense firms you face in Weld County all differ from other districts. We handle 19th Judicial District cases directly from our Denver office; your case is not handed off.

Can I have a brain injury if my scan at Banner North Colorado came back normal?

Yes. Standard MRI and CT scans often miss the microscopic axonal injuries that cause persistent symptoms in mild TBI cases. Colorado courts recognize that the absence of visible structural damage does not mean the absence of injury. Your case may require advanced imaging such as Diffusion Tensor Imaging, neuropsychological testing, and expert testimony to prove functional impairment despite a normal initial scan at Banner North Colorado Medical Center.

What if I was partly at fault for the crash on US 34 or US 85?

Colorado follows modified comparative negligence (C.R.S. 13-21-111). You can recover as long as your share of fault is less than 50 percent, and your award is reduced by your percentage of fault. At 50 percent or more, you recover nothing. Weld County insurers aggressively investigate the injured person's conduct to inflate that percentage. Early evidence preservation and accident reconstruction counter those arguments.

Does Colorado cap brain injury damages?

Colorado caps non-economic damages such as pain and suffering at $1.5 million for claims accruing on or after January 1, 2025 (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, life-care plans) and compensatory damages for physical impairment or disfigurement. Together these uncapped categories usually make up the bulk of a serious Greeley TBI recovery.

What is post-concussion syndrome and why does it matter to my Greeley claim?

Post-concussion syndrome is a set of symptoms that linger for months or years after a mild TBI, affecting an estimated 15 to 30 percent of people who sustain one. Symptoms include chronic headaches, dizziness, mental fog, emotional volatility, and sleep problems. For Weld County workers in agriculture, oil and gas, healthcare, and manufacturing, those symptoms can prevent a return to the work you did before the crash. That supports a claim for lost earning capacity, which is separate from and often larger than the claim for medical bills.

What if a county or city vehicle caused my brain injury in Greeley?

Claims against a government entity such as Weld County or the City of Greeley require a written notice within 182 days after you discover the injury under the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act (C.R.S. 24-10-109). That notice is a jurisdictional prerequisite and missing it bars the claim entirely. The CGIA caps recovery at $505,000 per person and $1,421,000 per occurrence for claims accruing on or after January 1, 2026 (C.R.S. 24-10-114(1)(b)). If a government vehicle was involved, call us immediately so we can protect the deadline before it passes.

How long does a Greeley brain injury settlement take?

Most Weld County TBI claims take 12 to 24 months from the date of the accident, and severe cases that need a life-care plan can run three years or more. The timeline depends on reaching maximum medical improvement, the point where your condition stabilizes and doctors can project long-term prognosis. Settling before that point risks undervaluing the claim. We can file suit in Weld County District Court while continuing settlement talks, which preserves your deadline without forcing an early resolution.

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