Montrose, Colorado Accident Attorneys

Personal Injury Attorneys Serving Montrose, CO

Montrose injury claims are usually heard in the 7th Judicial District, most often at Montrose County Combined Court, 1200 N. Grand Ave, Montrose, CO 81401. That venue is a fact of the crash location, not a slogan.

Colorado Personal Injury Law

The filing window and fault rule are statewide, not unique to Montrose:

• Statute of Limitations: Most injury claims: 2 years from the date of injury. Auto collisions: 3 years from the date of crash.
• Fault System: Modified comparative fault (50% bar)
• Damage Caps: No cap on economic damages; non-economic damages capped in some cases
• Dram Shop Laws: Bars can be liable for serving intoxicated patrons
• Dog Bite Liability: Strict liability for dog bite injuries

Colorado's modified comparative fault rule means you can recover damages as long as you're less than 50% at fault for your accident. Your recovery is reduced by your percentage of fault.

Legal Representation in Montrose, the county seat of Montrose County

Local files in Montrose still name roads: US-50 corridor, US-550 corridor (Townsend Ave), Main St (US-50 Business) corridor, US-50 & US-550 junction area, and CO-90 & US-50 junction area.

The nearest trauma center is Montrose Regional Health - Level III.

Montrose Car Accident Attorney for US-50, US-550, and Townsend Avenue Crashes

Most Montrose calls we get are car accident calls, and most of them come off two highways. US-50 is the east-west route through town toward Delta and Grand Junction one way and Cimarron and Gunnison the other. US-550 starts at US-50 in Montrose, runs south as Townsend Avenue, and climbs toward Ridgway, Ouray, and Red Mountain Pass. Those roads carry local commuters, commercial trucks, RVs, and visitors heading for the San Juans and Black Canyon of the Gunnison, and the crashes we see on them are rear-end and left-turn collisions in town and higher-speed crashes outside it.

The work of a Montrose accident attorney is the same as anywhere in Colorado: the crash report, every policy that might pay, and a treatment record that matches the injuries. What is local is the logistics. Inside city limits the Montrose Police Department usually writes the report, and on the highways outside town it is often the Colorado State Patrol. Serious injuries go first to Montrose Regional Health, at 800 S. 3rd Street, which describes itself as the only Level III trauma center in the Montrose region; the most severe cases can be transferred on to Grand Junction or the Front Range, which means records from more than one hospital. If a case is filed, it goes to the Montrose Combined (District and County) Courts at the Montrose County Justice Center, 1200 North Grand Avenue, in the 7th Judicial District.

• Filing deadline: tort actions for bodily injury or property damage arising out of the use or operation of a motor vehicle have three years under C.R.S. 13-80-101(1)(n). Most other injury claims, such as a fall in a store, have two years (C.R.S. 13-80-102(1)(a)).
• Government vehicles and roads: a claim against the City of Montrose, Montrose County, a school district, or CDOT needs written notice within 182 days after the injury is discovered (C.R.S. 24-10-109(1)). Our notice of claim guide covers what that letter must say.
• Shared fault: your own negligence does not bar recovery if it was not as great as the other driver's, but your damages are reduced by your share (C.R.S. 13-21-111(1)).
• Your own policy: Colorado auto policies carry $5,000 in medical payments coverage unless the named insured rejected it in writing (C.R.S. 10-4-635(1)), and uninsured motorist coverage applies unless it was rejected in writing (C.R.S. 10-4-609(1)(a)). With out-of-state and rental drivers on these highways, your own coverage can matter as much as theirs.

Our car accident lawyer page explains how a Colorado crash claim is built, car accident settlements in Colorado covers what goes into a demand, and our guide to who pays after a Colorado accident walks through the order in which policies respond. Colorado car accident statistics puts local crashes in statewide context. Neighbors can read about Olathe, Delta, Ouray, Telluride, Gunnison, and Grand Junction injury claims. If a crash took a family member's life, see our Grand Junction wrongful death page. Hablamos español: vea nuestra página de abogado de accidentes de auto. This is general information, not legal advice for your specific crash.

Contact Our Montrose Personal Injury Lawyers

Most injury claims: 2 years from the date of injury. Auto collisions: 3 years from the date of crash. If those facts match what happened, we can look at the file. If they don't, say so on the call.