Category: Personal injury

There was a great story on the radio this morning about a topic that a Denver personal injury attorney like me thinks is vitally important – texting while driving. It’s a stupid practice that can, and does, get people hurt. And it’s all so unnecessary. Now there’s a public service video out on YouTube,...

I got an interesting email today. It says a lot about two things: making an impression, and why you need the personal injury attorneys at the Law Offices of Dianne Sawaya working for you. The email came in through our website's "Contact Us" button. The writer was commenting on our television commercials, particularly one...

The plaintiff in this case was rear-ended by the defendant, causing $700 in damage to his pickup. That doesn’t sound like much, but the amount of damage a vehicle sustains isn’t an indication of just how hurt you can be. When all was said and done, the plaintiff required two epidural injections in...

In personal injury law, the term “damages” has a very specific meaning. There are three categories of damages an injured person can be compensated for: economic, non-economic and physical impairment. Economic damages are actual financial losses such as medical bills, the estimated cost of future medical care as determined by specialists, lost wages/salary, future...

Normally, when I think of a motorcycle accident, I think of a collision between a motorcycle and a car – or worse, between a motorcycle and a truck or semi. But this client saw what may be a more common accident. Amotorcyclist was minding his own business in his lane when a car cut...

That’s right. Driving with Fido or Fluffy in the car doubles your risk of getting into a crash, according to researchers at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. We’ve all seen examples of this. The bowser on the lap of the driver, ears flapping in the breeze (or the driver’s face). The retriever sitting in the passenger...

Here’s an example: A person is hit and injured by an uninsured driver. When they file an uninsured motorist claim with their own insurance company, they get runarounds, delays and a tiny little settlement offer – or a flat-out denial of their claim. The injustice of this is that the injured person is...

The city reports that there has been a big increase this year in the number of collisions between cars and pedestrians, up more than 25 percent through April from the same time last year. While the news isn’t as bad for car-bike accidents – up about 11 percent in 2012 from 2011 –...

Motorcyclists particularly need to be cautious around car drivers who also need to get back into the swing of sharing the road with motorcycles. The motorcycle accident lawyer at the Law Offices of Dianne Sawaya have seen too many cases of an accident leading to injuries far more serious than those for the...

 I’ve been a Denver personal injury attorney for many years, and I’ve seen a lot of cases where people try to go it alone against the at-fault party’s insurance company. My new client thought it would be fast and easy to settle things and get a check. She was offered a check, all...