Colorado Trial Practice Blog : Colorado Injury Lawyer & Attorney : Mac Hester : Personal Injury, Auto Accident, Medical Malpractice : Serving Denver, Colorado Springs, Aurora

I sometimes have clients who express embarassment or reluctance in pursuing a claim for personal injury damages. I ask them why they would be embarassed or reluctant to pursue the claim. They usually don't have a definite reason. Rather, they have a feeling that there is something wrong about it - or inappropriate if not wrong. So I ask them if it is proper to ask the driver who rearended their car to pay for the repair of their car. They always without hesitation say yes that is proper.  So then I ask them how much the other driver should pay for their car damage. They seem puzzled by the question.

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I have conducted psychological/sociological experiments at parties and social functions: I mingle and talk and almost every conversation involves the question - whether asked of me or by me - "What do you do?" I usually answer that I am a lawyer or that I practice law. The reactions to this answer are quite interesting: the reactions are usually not neutral; they seem to be more positive  or negative than if I had answered, for example, that I was an account manager.

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Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas usually produced by combustion (the burning of fuel; e.g., gasoline, natural gas, oil, wood).

The most common sources of carbon monoxide are motor vehicles, furnaces, water heaters, fireplaces, woodstoves and various internal combustion engines.

Carbon monoxide is dangerous when inhaled because carbon monoxide molecules bond with hemoglobin in the blood over 200 times more easily than oxygen molecules. Oxygen is vital to proper functioning of the major organs and muscles of the body. When carbon monoxide replaces oxygen in the blood, the body is deprived of oxygen. Oxygen deprivation can cause alteration or loss of consciousness, organ damage, brain damage, coma and death.

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 My Triumph Bonneville T100

Fort Collins Colorado Motorcyle Accident Injury Lawyer Mac Hester

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It sure would be neat if the State had a web page that listed all the statutes of limitations and notice provisions in one convenient list, but since it doesn't - at least to my knowledge - (and if I'm wrong about this then I'd love for somebody to direct me to it), I have decided to list some selected statutes of limitations and notice provisions subject, of course, to

CAVEATS AND WARNINGS: Do not rely upon this list. Consult a Colorado attorney. There are way too many variables to determine the correct statute or statutes of limitations and/or notice or notices that may apply to your claim or claims from this or any other list (I have seen far too many websites incorrectly list Colorado statutes of limitations because they didn't consider special  circumstances). And, you definitely should not rely upon my paraphrasing of the title of the statutes; you must read the actual language of the statutes - and oftentimes the interpretive cases (for example: There is almost no way possible to figure out the statute of limitations for underinsured motorist claims from my paraphrasing below; you must read the interpretative cases. Even then, it's still confusing.).

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Fort Collins Colorado Personal Injury Lawyer and Attorney Mac Hester offering representation in auto accident injury, automobile accident injury, car accident injury, truck accident injury, semi-truck accident injury, trailer accident injury, motorcycle accident injury, bicycle accident injury, bike accident injury, motor vehicle accident injury, uninsured motorist (UM) claims,  underinsured motorist (UIM) claims, traumatic brain injury, closed head injury, spine and spinal injury, whiplash injury, carbon monoxide injury and death, burn injury, ski injury, skier injury, recreational injury, dog bite injury, animal inflicted injury, and personal injury and wrongful death claims serving Fort Collins, Loveland, Windsor, Wellington, Estes Park, Greeley, Boulder, Louisville, Longmont, Brighton, Thornton, Northglenn, Westminster, Aurora, Arvada, and Denver.

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I am, as I am typing this post, looking out my window at the diamond shaped east face of  Longs Peak, the most majestic of the 54 14'ers in Colorado, wondering why I am writing about it instead of climbing it. A natural question for a climber, to be sure, but a curious one for the publisher of a law blog. But, of course, this is a rhetorical question that segues quite nicely into why I am writing this blog. There are various reasons to write a law blog - from the mercenary (advertising one's talents and experience, marketing to potential clients and counsel for cases and referrals, stroking one's own ego) to the charitable (helping injured people; helping fellow trial lawyers) to the personal (self expression). I must admit that all of these reasons factor into why I have launched this blog, but the "real" reason is more basic. The basic reason is resonance. Climbing "resonates" with something basic in my being, so I not only love to do it but also to talk and write about it. Trial practice also resonates with me, so I am compelled to talk and write about it. Up until now, I have satisfied this basic urge through trial lawyer mail lists and discussion groups, but the blogosphere has opened up a whole new world for me. I hope that some of the topics or entries in this blog resonate with you. I have strongly held opinions and I'm not going to pretend to be neutral or objective  on everything (or anything, for that matter) - which I suppose is a good thing, as neutrality and objectivity is desireable for news reporting but boring in the blogosphere. Please feel free to comment or offer your opinions.  Welcome to the Colorado Trial Practice Blog.

Fort Collins Personal Injury Lawyer Mac Hester

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