I-25 Denver Tech Center corridor in Greenwood Village, Colorado. CGH Injury Lawyers builds Life Care Plans for catastrophic injury victims across Arapahoe County.

Greenwood Village, Arapahoe County

Greenwood Village Catastrophic Injury Lawyers Who Build the Full Value of a Life-Altered Claim

A catastrophic injury on I-25, C-470, or anywhere in the Denver Tech Center corridor changes everything overnight. Economic damages are never capped in Colorado, and compensation for physical impairment or disfigurement is not capped at all under C.R.S. 13-21-102.5(5). CGH Injury Lawyers serves Greenwood Village from our Denver office, builds a certified Life Care Plan for your case, and tries it in Arapahoe County District Court when the insurer will not be fair. No fee unless we win.

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In Colorado, economic damages such as lifetime medical costs, attendant care, and lost earning capacity are never capped. Compensation for physical impairment or disfigurement is not capped at all under C.R.S. 13-21-102.5(5). Those two categories are where the largest portion of a catastrophic case value typically lives.
The instrument that makes a catastrophic case defensible is a Life Care Plan built by a certified planner (CLCP or CNLCP) and an economist who can withstand Colorado's Shreck and Daubert admissibility standards. Without that plan, the demand is speculative and the insurer knows it.
Most catastrophic injury claims in Colorado carry a two-year statute of limitations (C.R.S. 13-80-102). If a government vehicle, a public road defect, or another public entity was involved, written notice of claim is required within 182 days of discovering the injury (C.R.S. 24-10-109(1)), or the claim is barred entirely.

High-speed freeway crashes on I-25 through the Denver Tech Center, wrong-way collisions on Arapahoe Road, and falls on DTC office property can produce the kind of permanent, life-altering injury that Colorado law calls catastrophic: a traumatic brain injury, a spinal cord injury, an amputation, or a severe burn that will require decades of specialized care. CGH Injury Lawyers serves Greenwood Village from our Denver office. We build certified Life Care Plans, advance their cost, and try the case in Arapahoe County District Court when the insurer refuses to be fair. The first consultation is free and you pay nothing unless we win.

What qualifies

What counts as a catastrophic injury in a Greenwood Village case?

Colorado courts do not use a single statutory definition. An injury is legally catastrophic when it is permanent and life-altering, not simply when it was severe at the scene. The classification turns on two things: whether the injury produces permanent impairment measurable under the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, and whether it fundamentally changes your ability to perform life-sustaining activities. A broken bone that heals fully is not catastrophic. Paraplegia, a traumatic brain injury requiring lifetime supervision, a limb amputation, or a severe burn requiring reconstructive surgery almost always are.

Injuries we most often see from Greenwood Village cases

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) from high-speed I-25 DTC corridor crashes, including cognitive deficits and memory loss requiring lifetime supervision
Spinal cord injury (SCI) including paraplegia and quadriplegia from freeway and C-470 interchange collisions
Limb amputations requiring prosthetics, home modifications, and vocational retraining
Severe burns covering significant body surface area, including cases involving a Level I burn center transfer to HCA HealthONE Swedish Medical Center
Permanent organ damage from crush injuries in multi-vehicle freeway collisions

Why classification matters for your Greenwood Village claim

It determines which damage categories are uncapped and which are subject to Colorado's general non-economic cap
It decides how lifetime care costs are calculated and projected in the Life Care Plan
It sets whether your Life Care Plan expert can survive a Shreck or Daubert challenge in Arapahoe County District Court
It shapes how the insurer values the claim from the first settlement conversation, which is why getting the classification right at the start matters

The uncapped damage categories (C.R.S. 13-21-102.5(5))

Colorado draws a hard line between two types of damages. Economic damages, which include past and future medical expenses, lifetime attendant care, home modifications, adaptive vehicles, and loss of earning capacity, have no cap. Compensation for physical impairment or disfigurement is also not capped at all under C.R.S. 13-21-102.5(5), which provides: "Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the recovery of compensatory damages for physical impairment or disfigurement." Non-economic damages such as pain and suffering are subject to Colorado's general cap, which is $1,500,000 flat for claims accruing on or after January 1, 2025. In a catastrophic case, the uncapped categories are almost always the largest portion of the recovery, which is why the Life Care Plan matters more than any single demand number.
Modified comparative negligence (C.R.S. 13-21-111)

Colorado follows a modified comparative negligence rule. You can recover as long as your share of fault is less than 50 percent, and your award is reduced proportionally by your percentage of fault. If you are found 50 percent or more at fault, you recover nothing. In a high-speed I-25 crash or a Arapahoe Road intersection collision, insurers routinely argue that the victim contributed to the crash, even when the facts do not support that position. We challenge those fault allocations with crash reconstruction evidence, traffic data, and witness accounts, not simply accept what the adjuster proposes.
Statute of limitations and the CGIA notice trap

Most catastrophic personal injury claims in Colorado must be filed within two years of the injury (C.R.S. 13-80-102). If the crash or incident involved a government vehicle, a public employee, or a road defect on public property, a separate and shorter deadline applies: written notice of claim to the public entity is required within 182 days of discovering the injury (C.R.S. 24-10-109(1)). That 182-day clock runs from the date you discovered the injury, not necessarily the date of the event. Missing the government notice deadline bars the claim entirely, regardless of how serious the injury was. In the DTC corridor, crashes with CDOT maintenance vehicles or other government-owned fleet vehicles are not uncommon. Confirm which deadlines apply to your case early.

The collateral source rule protects your full recovery

Under Colorado's collateral source rule, the at-fault party cannot reduce what it owes because you carry health insurance. If your Life Care Plan documents $4 million in lifetime medical and care needs, the defendant cannot argue that your insurer will cover part of it and shrink the number. Health insurance also has exclusions that are especially significant in catastrophic cases: it does not cover home modifications, adaptive vehicles, vocational rehabilitation, most forms of attendant care, or assistive technology beyond strict medical necessity. The Life Care Plan captures those gaps and makes the demand defensible.

Where your lawsuit is filed

Arapahoe County District Court (18th Judicial District)

Catastrophic injury cases arising in Greenwood Village are filed in the Arapahoe County District Court, located at 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112, within Colorado's 18th Judicial District. The complexity of a catastrophic case, which includes Life Care Plan expert testimony, forensic economics, and AMA Guides impairment evidence, demands attorneys who know the local expert witness landscape, the local jury pool, and the defense firms operating in that courthouse. We practice in the 18th Judicial District and understand what it takes to persuade an Arapahoe County jury on lifetime damages.

Trauma care and rehabilitation

HCA HealthONE Swedish Medical Center and Craig Hospital

Seriously injured people from the Greenwood Village and DTC corridor are typically transported to HCA HealthONE Swedish Medical Center (501 East Hampden Avenue, Englewood, CO 80113), a Level I adult and pediatric trauma center with a Level I burn center. UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (12505 E. 16th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045), a second Level I trauma center, handles the most critical cases requiring specialized surgical resources. For spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury rehabilitation, Craig Hospital in Englewood (3425 S. Clarkson Street, Englewood, CO 80113) is consistently ranked among the top rehabilitation centers in the United States. Its protocols set the benchmark that courts and insurance adjusters recognize as the standard for catastrophic injury rehabilitation in Colorado.

High-crash corridors

I-25 DTC, C-470, and Arapahoe Road

The I-25 segment through Greenwood Village carries approximately 246,000 vehicles per day through the Denver Tech Center. That volume, compressed into a 12-lane corridor with multiple ramp-weave sections and peak-hour lane changes, is where the highest-severity Arapahoe County crashes occur. Multiple law enforcement agencies have coordinated enforcement specifically between mileposts 164 and 179 because of documented fatality crash patterns. Arapahoe Road (Colorado State Highway 88) at Exit 197 produces angle and T-bone collisions. C-470 along the southern metro boundary carries freeway-speed traffic near the Greenwood Village and Lone Tree border. Black ice on bridge overpasses during Greenwood Village winters is an officially documented hazard that compounds freeway-speed risk.

DTC office corridor exposure

Greenwood Plaza, parking structures, and premises injury

The Denver Tech Center is one of the largest office park concentrations in Colorado, with hundreds of corporate tenants operating across Greenwood Plaza and the surrounding developments. Parking structure falls, winter-weather slip and fall incidents at DTC building entrances, and construction zone injuries are a source of catastrophic claims beyond vehicle crashes. Cherry Creek State Park borders Greenwood Village to the east, and cyclist-vehicle collisions at trail crossings on roads feeding into the park produce traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries. The variety of injury settings in this corridor means the responsible party, the applicable insurance, and the applicable deadline can all differ case to case.

Get to the right trauma center

For catastrophic injuries from DTC corridor crashes, the closest Level I trauma center is HCA HealthONE Swedish Medical Center (501 E. Hampden Avenue, Englewood), which includes a Level I burn center. UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora serves the most critical cases requiring neurosurgical resources. Emergency and surgical records from these facilities become the foundation of the economic damages proof in your case. Keep every record, every imaging order, and every specialist referral.
Document the scene before it changes

On I-25, photograph the milepost, the lane configuration, and any visible skid marks or debris. On Arapahoe Road, photograph the intersection signal and the approach lanes. If the injury happened in a DTC parking structure or office complex, photograph the hazard and the conditions before maintenance crews clean or repair anything. Surveillance footage at DTC properties disappears quickly. We begin evidence preservation immediately on contact, which is one reason early attorney involvement matters.
Watch the government notice deadline

If any public entity, including CDOT, a municipal vehicle, or a public-road design defect, contributed to the catastrophic injury, written notice must be filed within 182 days of discovering the injury (C.R.S. 24-10-109(1)). That window runs from discovery of the injury, not necessarily the date it happened, but it runs fast. Missing it bars the government-entity portion of the claim permanently.
Do not accept the first offer or give a recorded statement

The at-fault driver's insurer may contact you within 24 to 48 hours. A catastrophic injury has a lifetime cost that an insurer will not disclose in a first call. Do not give a recorded statement, sign any release, or accept any settlement before a Life Care Plan has been completed. The value of a catastrophic case is built over months of expert work, not in a phone call.
We build the Life Care Plan and the case simultaneously

We retain certified Life Care Planners (CLCP or CNLCP) who review your medical records, interview treating physicians, run functional capacity evaluations, and project lifetime care costs using Colorado-specific, not national-average, pricing. We also retain forensic economists who model the projection against Colorado medical inflation rates and your life expectancy. A comprehensive plan takes 60 to 90 days, depending on injury complexity and medical record availability. We advance the cost and collect only if we win.

Economic damages (no cap)

Emergency and trauma center care, including at Swedish Medical Center or UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital
Specialist and surgical fees, past and future
Inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, including Craig Hospital protocols for TBI and SCI
Lifetime attendant and nursing care projected by a certified Life Care Planner
Home modifications including ramps, widened doorways, and accessible bathrooms
Adaptive vehicles and specialized assistive technology
Lost wages during recovery and loss of earning capacity
Vocational rehabilitation and retraining

Non-economic damages (capped at $1.5M for 2025+ claims)

Pain and suffering
Emotional distress
Loss of enjoyment of life
Loss of consortium for a spouse or family member

Physical impairment or disfigurement (not capped)

Compensation for permanent physical impairment rated under the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment
Compensation for severe disfigurement from burns, amputation, or permanent scarring

For claims accruing on or after January 1, 2025, Colorado caps non-economic damages such as pain and suffering at a flat $1,500,000 under C.R.S. 13-21-102.5. Lower caps apply to claims from prior years based on when they accrued. Two categories are not subject to that cap: economic damages (which the Life Care Plan documents) and compensation for physical impairment or disfigurement under C.R.S. 13-21-102.5(5). AMA Guides whole-person impairment ratings are used as a measurement tool to describe the medical severity of the permanent injury, which in turn supports both the impairment damages claim and the structure of the Life Care Plan. For a young Greenwood Village resident with a 40-year life expectancy following a catastrophic injury, economic damages alone often significantly exceed the non-economic cap.

The Verdict Record

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Denver Office, Arapahoe County Cases

We serve Greenwood Village from Denver.

CGH Injury Lawyers does not have a Greenwood Village office. We serve Greenwood Village from our Denver office at 2701 Lawrence St., Suite 201. We file catastrophic injury cases in Arapahoe County District Court and know the 18th Judicial District. A catastrophic injury case is built on medical evidence and expert economics, not on who has the nearest storefront.

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Trial lawyers, not a settlement mill.

Managing Partner Kevin Cheney is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and has tried over 25 cases to verdict. Insurers respond to trial credibility when they value a catastrophic injury demand.

We Advance Costs

You do not pay for the Life Care Plan.

A certified Life Care Plan from a CLCP or CNLCP costs money to build. We advance that cost. You pay nothing out of pocket, and nothing at all unless we win your case.

Best Lawyers in America

Recognized every year since 2023.

Timothy G. Tarr has been recognized by Best Lawyers every year since 2023. CGH is a eight-attorney Colorado firm founded in 2016, formerly Cheney Galluzzi and Howard. Every Greenwood Village catastrophic case is handled by a licensed Colorado attorney.

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Spanish-speaking staff and attorneys serve the Spanish-speaking community across Greenwood Village and Arapahoe County.

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How long do I have to file a catastrophic injury lawsuit from a Greenwood Village incident?

Most catastrophic personal injury claims in Colorado must be filed within two years of the injury under C.R.S. 13-80-102. That deadline is hard. If a government vehicle, a public employee, or a defect on public property contributed to the injury, a separate and shorter clock applies: you must file written notice of claim with the public entity within 182 days of discovering the injury (C.R.S. 24-10-109(1)). Missing the government notice deadline bars that portion of the claim regardless of how severe the injury was. In the DTC corridor, encounters with CDOT fleet vehicles or city-maintained road surfaces are not uncommon. Confirm which deadlines apply to your case as early as possible.

Is there a cap on what I can recover for a catastrophic injury in Colorado?

For claims accruing on or after January 1, 2025, Colorado caps non-economic damages such as pain and suffering at a flat $1,500,000 under C.R.S. 13-21-102.5. Lower caps apply to older claims based on when they accrued. Two categories are not capped: economic damages such as past and future medical expenses, lifetime attendant care, lost earning capacity, and the cost of a Life Care Plan, and compensation for physical impairment or disfigurement under C.R.S. 13-21-102.5(5). For a seriously injured Greenwood Village resident facing decades of specialized care, the uncapped economic and impairment categories are almost always the largest portion of the recovery.

Do I really need a Life Care Plan for my Greenwood Village catastrophic injury case?

Yes, in any serious permanent-injury case. A certified Life Care Plan built by a CLCP or CNLCP connects your clinical diagnosis to a defensible, Colorado-specific lifetime cost projection. Without one, insurance adjusters in Arapahoe County will characterize your future damages as speculative. A treating physician's letter stating you "will need future care" does not satisfy Colorado's Shreck or Daubert admissibility standards for expert testimony. The plan turns your demand from an estimate into a documented legal position that holds up in Arapahoe County District Court.

I was partly at fault for the crash that caused my catastrophic injury. Can I still recover?

Yes, as long as your share of fault is less than 50 percent. Colorado follows a modified comparative negligence rule under C.R.S. 13-21-111. Your award is reduced by your percentage of fault but you still recover. If you are found 50 percent or more at fault, you recover nothing. In a high-speed I-25 DTC corridor crash, insurers routinely argue that the victim contributed to the collision to reduce or eliminate what they pay. We challenge those assessments with crash reconstruction evidence and traffic data, not accept the adjuster's number at face value.

Where would a Greenwood Village catastrophic injury lawsuit be filed?

Greenwood Village is in Arapahoe County. A catastrophic injury lawsuit arising here that exceeds the county-court jurisdictional limit is filed in Arapahoe County District Court, located at 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112, within Colorado's 18th Judicial District. The local procedure, the jury pool drawn from Arapahoe County, and the defense firms regularly appearing there all affect how a catastrophic case is handled. CGH Injury Lawyers practices directly in the 18th Judicial District.

Does CGH Injury Lawyers have a Greenwood Village office?

No. CGH Injury Lawyers does not have a Greenwood Village office. We serve Greenwood Village and all of Arapahoe County from our Denver office at 2701 Lawrence St., Suite 201, Denver, CO 80205. We file in Arapahoe County District Court and handle catastrophic injury cases across the 18th Judicial District. You can reach us at (303) 209-9395, and we offer free consultations for Greenwood Village catastrophic injury victims.

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CGH Injury Lawyers · 2701 Lawrence St., Suite 201, Denver, CO 80205 · Serving Greenwood Village and Arapahoe County

Greenwood Village Catastrophic Injury Lawyers Who Build the Full Value of a Life-Altered Claim

What counts as a catastrophic injury in a Greenwood Village case?

Injuries we most often see from Greenwood Village cases

Why classification matters for your Greenwood Village claim

Colorado catastrophic injury law decoded for Greenwood Village victims

The uncapped damage categories (C.R.S. 13-21-102.5(5))

Modified comparative negligence (C.R.S. 13-21-111)

Statute of limitations and the CGIA notice trap

The collateral source rule protects your full recovery

Greenwood Village courts. Greenwood Village trauma care. Greenwood Village roads.

Arapahoe County District Court (18th Judicial District)

HCA HealthONE Swedish Medical Center and Craig Hospital

I-25 DTC, C-470, and Arapahoe Road

Greenwood Plaza, parking structures, and premises injury

What to do after a catastrophic injury in Greenwood Village: the path from the scene to a full recovery

Get to the right trauma center

Document the scene before it changes

Watch the government notice deadline

Do not accept the first offer or give a recorded statement

We build the Life Care Plan and the case simultaneously

What compensation can you recover after a catastrophic injury in Greenwood Village?