Longmont United Hospital and the Boulder County foothills. CGH Injury Lawyers represents medical malpractice victims in Longmont and Boulder County from our Denver office.

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Longmont Medical Malpractice Lawyers Who Fight Hospitals and Insurers for What Patients Deserve

A surgical error at Longmont United Hospital, a misdiagnosis that cost months of correct treatment, or a birth injury that changes a family forever are not just bad outcomes. When a provider's negligence caused that harm, Colorado law gives you the right to hold them accountable. CGH Injury Lawyers serves Longmont medical malpractice victims from our Denver office, advances all expert and investigation costs, and collects nothing unless we win for you.

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Longmont medical malpractice cases are filed at the Boulder County Combined Court, 1035 Kimbark St, Longmont, CO 80501, (720) 564-2522, in Colorado's 20th Judicial District. CGH Injury Lawyers files and tries Boulder County medical malpractice cases directly from our Denver office.
You generally have two years from when you discovered the injury caused by negligence to file, with an absolute three-year deadline from the date of the negligent act (C.R.S. 13-80-102.5). If the negligence occurred at a government-run facility, you must also serve a written notice of claim within 182 days of discovering the injury under the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act (C.R.S. 24-10-109(1)).
Colorado requires a Certificate of Review from a same-specialty physician filed within 60 days of your complaint (C.R.S. 13-20-602). Miss that deadline and your case is dismissed. Colorado also caps non-economic damages under the Health Care Availability Act (C.R.S. 13-64-302), but economic damages such as medical bills, lifetime care costs, and lost income are not capped.

Longmont United Hospital at 1950 Mountain View Ave is the area's primary care facility, serving Boulder County as a Level III Trauma Center and DNV Comprehensive Stroke Center. Most Longmont residents receive specialized and hospital-based care somewhere in the network of Boulder County providers. When that care falls below the accepted standard and causes preventable harm, Colorado law provides a path to accountability. CGH Injury Lawyers manages the full complexity of a medical malpractice claim, from expert retention and the Certificate of Review through demand, negotiation, and trial in the 20th Judicial District, with no upfront cost to you.

Duty of care

A doctor-patient or hospital-patient relationship existed, which created a legal obligation to provide care that meets the accepted standard for that specialty and setting. This element is rarely disputed but must be established from the start.
Breach of the standard of care

The provider deviated from what a similarly qualified practitioner in the same specialty would have done under the same circumstances. Colorado applies a locality consideration, so a community hospital provider in Longmont is measured against what is expected at that level of care, not against a subspecialist at a major academic medical center.
Causation

The breach directly caused your injury. It is not enough to show that negligence occurred while you were under care. The failure must connect to the harm you suffered, which almost always requires testimony from a qualified medical expert who can explain that connection in terms a jury can understand.
Damages

You suffered measurable harm: physical injury, worsened medical condition, financial loss, pain and suffering, or death. Cases with clear negligence but minimal demonstrable harm are difficult to pursue. Cases with serious, documented harm are the strongest basis for a claim.

Common forms of medical malpractice seen in Longmont and Boulder County cases include misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis of cancer, cardiac events, and stroke; surgical errors and wrong-site surgery; medication errors and pharmacy mistakes; birth injuries from prolonged labor or failure to respond to fetal distress; failures to obtain informed consent before procedures; and hospital-acquired infections caused by inadequate protocols. Each category requires expert review before a case can be properly evaluated.

A licensed physician in the same specialty as the defendant provider must review the full medical record and certify in writing that the claim does not lack substantial justification.
That reviewing expert must attest that the standard of care was breached and that the breach caused the patient's injury, not simply that an error occurred.
The certificate must be filed with the court within 60 days of filing the complaint. If you miss that window, the court can dismiss the case unless you demonstrate good cause for the delay.
Finding a credentialed same-specialty expert and getting through the records review in time requires work that must begin at the earliest stages of the case, before the complaint is even drafted.

This is one of the core reasons medical malpractice cases require a firm willing to invest in the case from the beginning. CGH Injury Lawyers retains and funds expert review as part of our contingency representation. You do not pay for the expert out of pocket, and we select the right specialty match for your claim from the start.

Two-year discovery rule: the standard filing window runs from the date you discovered, or reasonably should have discovered, that the medical negligence caused your injury (C.R.S. 13-80-102.5). Symptoms that appear months after a procedure do not necessarily restart this clock; it depends on when a reasonable person would have connected the harm to the provider's conduct.
Three-year statute of repose: in most Colorado medical malpractice cases, no claim may be brought more than three years after the date of the negligent act or omission, regardless of when you discovered the injury. Narrow exceptions exist, including a foreign object left inside the body, or concealment of the negligence by the provider.
Injured minors: for a child under age 18, the limitations period generally does not begin to run until age 18, though the outer deadline may still be controlled by the repose period in some circumstances. Families with injured children should consult a lawyer promptly to confirm the applicable window.
Government-facility notice rule: if the provider is employed by or operates within a government-run hospital or public health facility, Colorado's Governmental Immunity Act (C.R.S. 24-10-109(1)) requires a written notice of claim within 182 days after you discover the injury. That notice is a jurisdictional prerequisite, not just a procedural step. Missing it bars the claim against the government entity entirely, even if the underlying malpractice was clear.

Because the Certificate of Review and expert retention must be completed early in the process, a Longmont malpractice case that feels like it has two years left may in practical terms have far less. Call us promptly to have an attorney map the specific deadlines that apply to your situation.

Economic damages (not capped)

Past and future medical expenses to correct or address the harm caused by the negligence
Lifetime care and life-care plan costs for patients with permanent injuries
Lost income and reduced earning capacity caused by the injury
Cost of ongoing rehabilitation, assistive devices, and home modifications
Out-of-pocket costs directly caused by the malpractice, such as additional surgeries or specialist consultations

Non-economic damages (capped under HCAA)

Physical pain and suffering from the injury and its treatment
Emotional distress and mental anguish caused by the negligent harm
Loss of enjoyment of life when an injury limits activities or independence
Disfigurement or permanent disability resulting from the malpractice
Loss of consortium for a spouse when the injury affects the marital relationship

How the HCAA caps work in 2025 and beyond

House Bill 24-1472 raised Colorado's medical malpractice non-economic damage cap on a stepped schedule beginning January 1, 2025. The cap that applies to any given claim depends on when the negligent act or omission occurred, not when the lawsuit is filed.

General medical malpractice non-economic cap (C.R.S. 13-64-302(1)(c)): $415,000 for acts in 2025, $530,000 in 2026, $645,000 in 2027, $760,000 in 2028, and $875,000 in 2029. Inflation adjustments begin every two years starting January 1, 2030.
Medical malpractice wrongful death cap (C.R.S. 13-21-203(1)(b)): $555,000 for deaths from acts in 2025, $810,000 in 2026, $1,065,000 in 2027, $1,320,000 in 2028, and $1,575,000 in 2029.
Economic damages, including medical bills, lost wages, lifetime care costs, and rehabilitation, face no cap in any year. In catastrophic malpractice cases, those uncapped losses typically drive the largest portion of total recovery.

Because non-economic damages are capped but economic damages are not, the structure of the claim matters as much as the facts. CGH Injury Lawyers builds every Longmont malpractice case around the full documented economic impact, with particular attention to lifetime care projections and lost earning capacity in serious cases.

Fault and recovery

Can a hospital argue you were partly at fault in a Longmont malpractice case?

Colorado applies its modified comparative fault rule to medical malpractice claims, just as it does to other tort cases. Under C.R.S. 13-21-111, a patient can still recover if they were less than 50 percent at fault, with their award reduced by their share of fault. A finding of 50 percent or more at fault bars recovery entirely. Defense firms regularly raise comparative fault arguments in malpractice cases, including claims that a patient failed to follow instructions, delayed seeking care, or concealed a medical history that was relevant to the treatment decision.

Fault arguments in medical malpractice are rarely as clean as they are in a traffic case. A patient who delayed calling a doctor because symptoms seemed minor, or who did not take a medication exactly as prescribed, may face a comparative fault argument from the defense. What matters is whether the patient's conduct was the kind of thing a reasonable person would have done given the information they had, and whether the provider's breach remains a greater cause of the harm. We anticipate and counter these arguments with the expert record before a defense firm can build momentum on them.

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Boulder County Combined Court, Longmont (20th Judicial District)

A Longmont medical malpractice lawsuit above the county court jurisdictional limit is filed at the Boulder County Combined Court, 1035 Kimbark St, Longmont, CO 80501, (720) 564-2522, in Colorado's 20th Judicial District. The court handles civil matters over $15,000, including every personal injury case. Medical malpractice cases are among the most document-intensive civil claims filed in any Colorado district court. The Longmont courthouse draws from a Boulder County jury pool, and local procedure, the defense firms involved, and the judicial culture differ meaningfully from the Denver courts. CGH Injury Lawyers files and tries 20th Judicial District malpractice cases directly from our Denver office, with no additional charge to Longmont clients.

Primary Care Facility

Longmont United Hospital (CommonSpirit Health), Level III Trauma Center

Longmont United Hospital at 1950 Mountain View Ave, Longmont, CO 80501 is the primary hospital serving the Longmont community, designated a Level III Trauma Center by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and certified as a DNV Comprehensive Stroke Center. The hospital is part of the CommonSpirit Health system. Medical malpractice claims can arise from care provided in any department at Longmont United, including its emergency department, surgical suites, labor and delivery, and intensive care unit, as well as from affiliated outpatient clinics and specialist offices throughout the Longmont and Boulder County area. The hospital's medical records, credentialing files, and incident documentation are key evidence in any Longmont malpractice case, and we know how to obtain and use them.

Where Malpractice Occurs

Longmont United Hospital, Affiliated Clinics, and Boulder County Specialist Offices

Medical malpractice in the Longmont area can occur at Longmont United Hospital, urgent care centers and walk-in clinics along the Main Street corridor and the US 287 commercial zone, outpatient surgical centers, specialist offices in Longmont and across Boulder County, obstetric and midwifery practices serving the Longmont community, and at emergency transfer facilities in Boulder or Denver when a patient is transported from Longmont United for higher-level care. When harm occurs at the point of transfer or during emergency transport, the question of which facility bears responsibility and whether the standard of care applied during that transition becomes a central legal and medical issue that requires expert analysis from the outset.

Free case evaluation

We review what happened at Longmont United or any other provider, explain what the law requires, and give you an honest assessment of whether the facts support a viable claim. This costs you nothing and obligates you to nothing.
Records collection and expert review

We obtain the full medical record from every treating facility and retain a same-specialty physician expert to evaluate the standard of care. This review forms the basis of the Certificate of Review required under C.R.S. 13-20-602, and it also drives the causation and damages analysis that determines what the case is worth.
Filing the complaint and Certificate of Review

We file the complaint in the 20th Judicial District and file the Certificate of Review within the 60-day window required by law. Any required pre-suit notice to a government facility is handled before the complaint is filed.
Discovery and expert depositions

Medical malpractice discovery is heavily document-driven and expert-intensive. We take and defend depositions of the treating providers, hospital administrators, and the defense's own experts, building the factual record that supports the demand and, if needed, the trial presentation.
Demand and negotiation

We calculate the full economic and non-economic damages the HCAA cap structure allows and present a documented demand to the hospital's insurer or defense counsel. We negotiate from a position of genuine trial readiness, not from a willingness to accept what the first offer puts on the table.
Trial in the 20th Judicial District

When a hospital, physician group, or their insurer refuses a fair resolution, Managing Partner Kevin Cheney and the CGH trial team present your case to a Boulder County jury. We have tried over 25 cases to verdict. Medical malpractice trials are some of the most demanding in civil litigation, and we approach them with the preparation and experience those cases require.

We work on a contingency fee. You pay nothing unless we win your case, and we advance the substantial expert witness fees and investigation costs that malpractice cases require so you can focus on your health and your family.

Your team

The Longmont medical malpractice team behind your case

CGH Injury Lawyers is a eight-attorney Colorado firm founded in 2016, formerly Cheney Galluzzi and Howard. 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. Medical malpractice cases require firms willing to invest in expert review, advance substantial costs, and build a trial record from the first day. Every Longmont malpractice case is handled by a licensed Colorado attorney, not by a paralegal or case manager.

ABOTA member on the team Tim Tarr: Best Lawyers in America since 2023 Over 25 cases to verdict We advance all expert costs 20th Judicial District experience Bilingual EN / ES Free consultation No fee unless we win

One thing we will tell you upfront: CGH Injury Lawyers does not have a Longmont office. We serve Longmont medical malpractice clients from our Denver office at 2701 Lawrence St., Suite 201, Denver, CO 80205. We come to you for meetings when needed, we file at the Boulder County Combined Court in Longmont, and we try cases in the 20th Judicial District. What you get is the work and the result, not a storefront on Main Street.

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How long do I have to file a medical malpractice claim in Colorado?

Generally two years from when you discovered, or reasonably should have discovered, that the negligence caused your injury (C.R.S. 13-80-102.5). An absolute three-year deadline from the date of the negligent act also applies in most cases, meaning you cannot file more than three years after the malpractice even if you only recently discovered it. Narrow exceptions exist for a foreign object left in the body or concealment by the provider. If the care was provided at a government-run facility, a separate written notice of claim must be filed within 182 days of discovering the injury under C.R.S. 24-10-109(1). Call an attorney promptly to confirm the specific clocks that apply to your situation.

What is a Certificate of Review and why does it matter for a Longmont case?

A Certificate of Review is a written confirmation from a licensed physician in the same specialty as the defendant provider that your claim does not lack substantial justification (C.R.S. 13-20-602). It must be filed with the Boulder County Combined Court within 60 days of filing your complaint. If it is not filed in time, the court can dismiss your entire case. This requirement makes expert selection one of the most important and time-sensitive decisions in any Longmont malpractice claim. CGH Injury Lawyers funds the expert review and manages this deadline as part of our representation.

Does Colorado cap what I can recover in a medical malpractice case?

Yes, for non-economic damages such as pain and suffering. Colorado's Health Care Availability Act (C.R.S. 13-64-302(1)(c)) caps those damages on a rising schedule: $415,000 for acts of negligence in 2025, $530,000 in 2026, $645,000 in 2027, $760,000 in 2028, and $875,000 in 2029. Economic damages, including medical bills, lost income, and lifetime care costs, are not capped. In serious malpractice cases, the uncapped economic losses often represent the majority of total recovery. The cap that applies is tied to when the negligence occurred, not when the lawsuit is filed.

Where would my Longmont medical malpractice lawsuit be filed?

A Longmont medical malpractice case above the county court jurisdictional limit is filed at the Boulder County Combined Court, 1035 Kimbark St, Longmont, CO 80501, (720) 564-2522, in Colorado's 20th Judicial District. Court hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The 20th Judicial District handles civil claims over $15,000, including all personal injury and malpractice matters. CGH Injury Lawyers files and tries 20th Judicial District cases directly from our Denver office with no additional charge to Longmont clients.

Can I still recover if I was partly responsible for not following my doctor's instructions?

Often yes. Colorado applies modified comparative fault to medical malpractice cases under C.R.S. 13-21-111. As long as you were less than 50 percent responsible for the harm, you can still recover, with your award reduced by your percentage of fault. A patient who missed a follow-up or delayed seeking care is not automatically barred from recovery. What matters is whether the provider's breach was the primary cause of the injury and whether your conduct actually contributed to the harm in a meaningful way. Defense firms raise these arguments frequently; we anticipate and rebut them with the expert record.

Does CGH Injury Lawyers have a Longmont office?

No. CGH Injury Lawyers has one office, at 2701 Lawrence St., Suite 201, Denver, CO 80205, (303) 209-9395. We serve Longmont and Boulder County medical malpractice clients from that office, file cases at the Boulder County Combined Court in Longmont, and meet you wherever is convenient. There is no additional charge for Longmont clients. We are available in English and Spanish.

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Longmont Medical Malpractice Lawyers Who Fight Hospitals and Insurers for What Patients Deserve

What counts as medical malpractice under Colorado law?

Duty of care

Breach of the standard of care

Causation

Damages

The Certificate of Review: a step that can end your case if you miss it

Longmont medical malpractice: the statutes of limitations and notice requirements

What can you recover in a Longmont medical malpractice case?

Economic damages (not capped)

Non-economic damages (capped under HCAA)

How the HCAA caps work in 2025 and beyond

Can a hospital argue you were partly at fault in a Longmont malpractice case?

Longmont courts. Longmont trauma care. Longmont healthcare providers.

Boulder County Combined Court, Longmont (20th Judicial District)

Longmont United Hospital (CommonSpirit Health), Level III Trauma Center

Longmont United Hospital, Affiliated Clinics, and Boulder County Specialist Offices

How a Longmont medical malpractice case moves from injury to recovery

Free case evaluation

Records collection and expert review

Filing the complaint and Certificate of Review

Discovery and expert depositions

Demand and negotiation

Trial in the 20th Judicial District

The Longmont medical malpractice team behind your case

Longmont medical malpractice frequently asked questions

A provider harmed you in Longmont. We hold them accountable.

Longmont Medical Malpractice Lawyers Who Fight Hospitals and Insurers for What Patients Deserve

What counts as medical malpractice under Colorado law?

Duty of care

Breach of the standard of care

Causation

Damages

The Certificate of Review: a step that can end your case if you miss it

Longmont medical malpractice: the statutes of limitations and notice requirements

What can you recover in a Longmont medical malpractice case?

Economic damages (not capped)

Non-economic damages (capped under HCAA)

How the HCAA caps work in 2025 and beyond

Can a hospital argue you were partly at fault in a Longmont malpractice case?

Longmont courts. Longmont trauma care. Longmont healthcare providers.

Boulder County Combined Court, Longmont (20th Judicial District)

Longmont United Hospital (CommonSpirit Health), Level III Trauma Center

Longmont United Hospital, Affiliated Clinics, and Boulder County Specialist Offices

How a Longmont medical malpractice case moves from injury to recovery

Free case evaluation

Records collection and expert review

Filing the complaint and Certificate of Review

Discovery and expert depositions

Demand and negotiation

Trial in the 20th Judicial District

The Longmont medical malpractice team behind your case

Longmont medical malpractice frequently asked questions

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A provider harmed you in Longmont. We hold them accountable.