Attorney Mike Zara provides experienced medical malpractice representation throughout Colorado. Free consultation. No fee unless we win.
When you seek medical care, you trust that healthcare professionals will follow the accepted standard of care. Medical malpractice occurs when a healthcare provider's negligence causes injury or death. These cases are complex and require an attorney who understands both the legal and medical issues involved.
In Colorado, personal injury cases are governed by specific state laws that affect how your case is handled:
Colorado follows modified comparative negligence under C.R.S. 13-21-111. If you are 50% or more at fault, you recover nothing. Colorado also has a $250,000 cap on non-economic damages (adjusted for inflation), though this cap can be exceeded if the court finds clear and convincing evidence.
Medical malpractice can take many forms, including surgical errors and wrong-site surgery, misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis, medication errors and adverse drug interactions, birth injuries such as cerebral palsy and Erb's palsy, anesthesia errors, failure to order appropriate tests, emergency room errors, and hospital-acquired infections due to negligent sanitation. Each type of malpractice case requires review by qualified medical experts who can testify about the standard of care.
Medical malpractice cases require proving that the healthcare provider owed you a duty of care through a doctor-patient relationship, the provider breached the accepted standard of care, the breach directly caused your injury, and you suffered actual damages. Expert medical testimony is required in virtually all medical malpractice cases. We work with qualified medical experts in the relevant specialty to review your case and provide opinions on the standard of care.
Zara Injury Law represents medical malpractice victims throughout Colorado, including Denver, Colorado Springs, Aurora, Fort Collins, Lakewood, Thornton, Arvada, Pueblo, and surrounding communities. If you have been injured in a medical malpractice incident anywhere in Colorado, contact us for a free case evaluation.