
What Is Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI)?
Maximum medical improvement means your recovery has plateaued, not that you are healed. Why injury demands usually wait for MMI.
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Maximum medical improvement means your recovery has plateaued, not that you are healed. Why injury demands usually wait for MMI.

Colorado injury deadlines: 3 years for motor-vehicle crashes, 2 years for most other claims, 182 days to notice a public entity. Confirm your clock.

Colorado modified comparative negligence: recover only if you are under 50% at fault. See the 50% bar math, a worked example, and C.R.S. § 13-21-111.
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