Category: Personal injury

As a car accident lawyer Denver, I advise my clients that if you’ve been injured the law requires you to take reasonable steps treat and recover from you injuries – in legal speak, called mitigating your damages. If we can’t show that you have taken these steps, it’s very difficult to convince an...

Because it’s not something you do every day, you’re sure to have a lot of questions about a possible personal injury claim. We can help. We’ll talk with you about what happened, what injuries you’ve suffered and the medical care you may already have gotten. If we don’t think you have a case,...

Our Denver auto accident attorney are committed to offering personal service to each of our clients. We are a blend of the boutique service you’d expect in a small firm and the resources and expertise you’d expect in a larger firm. Our mission is to offer compassionate...

While a lot of personal injury law firms want you to believe that, it often doesn’t work that way. In some of the big personal injury law firms, you’re lucky to see one at all. When we agree to work together on your case, you are 100 percent guaranteed to see an attorney...

Multi-car accidents have special considerations, such as the complexity of sorting out who is liable. For example: • Which driver started the accident, and how? • Were other drivers at fault or driving negligently? If so, they may be held liable, too. • If you were pushed into the car in front of you or into...

 The case was Larry Crossgrove vs. Wal-Mart. Mr. Crossgrove was hit on the head by a garage door while delivering cookies to a Wal-Mart store. He sued Wal-Mart for negligence, and in his lawsuit he made a claim for more than $240,000 in medical bills. During the trial Wal-Mart's lawyers told the jury...

Get medical care right away and continue seeing your medical providers until they place you at maximum medical improvement. This is very important. If you delay getting care after your accident or have long periods between medical treatment, insurance adjusters and defense attorneys will use against you. They’ll say your injuries can’t be...

The personal injury attorney Denver at the Law Offices of Dianne Sawaya have seen slip-and-fall accidents lead to serious injuries that result in expensive medical treatment for fractures of your wrist, hip, arms or legs, back injuries or in serious cases brain injuries. Slip-and-fall accidents are known as premises liability cases. They are a complicated...

As a car accident attorney Denver, I can tell you that half of that’s true – they want your premium dollars – but the other half certainly isn’t. Insurance companies are big corporations with lawyers ready to fight you, strategies to keep settlements and jury awards low and insurance adjusters trained to find...

Because of their small size, motorcycles are hard to see. With as much traffic on the roads as there is, if you’re in an accident you’re likely to suffer serious injuries. At the Law Offices of Dianne Sawaya (www.dlslawfirm.com), our Denver motorcycle accident attorney see...