Denver Slip and Fall
Accident Lawyers

A fall can change your life in a second, and the property owner’s insurer is already working to make it look like your fault. A slip and fall attorney in Denver at Born & McCaffrey Injury Law can push back, prove the owner knew about the hazard, and pursue the money you need to heal.

We represent people injured in falls at stores, restaurants, apartment complexes, parking lots, and other properties across Denver, Glendale, Aurora, Brighton, and Weld County. If a property owner ignored a dangerous condition and you got hurt, Colorado law may let you recover your medical bills, lost pay, and the pain the fall caused.

Your consultation is free, and we pick up the phone 24 hours a day. Call (303) 800-6996 to speak with a Denver slip and fall lawyer now.

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Why Fall Victims Work With Born & McCaffrey Injury Law

At Born & McCaffrey Injury Law, the attorney you meet is the attorney who handles your case. You won’t be handed off to a call center or wait a week for a callback. You’ll know who is working on your claim, how to reach them, and what happens next at every stage.

Here’s what you can count on:

• Direct access to your lawyer: Michael Born and Peter McCaffrey, both licensed in Colorado, handle cases personally.
• Fast action on evidence: We move early to preserve video, logs, and maintenance records before they’re gone.
• Trial-ready preparation: Insurers take a claim more seriously when they know your lawyer is ready for court.
• Help in Spanish: Peter speaks fluent Spanish and hosts a weekly Spanish-language radio show.
• Free consultations, any hour: We answer the phone 24 hours a day.

Every case depends on its own facts, and no lawyer can promise a result. What we promise is honest advice and steady work from start to finish.

Call (303) 800-6996 today for a free review of your fall.

Do You Have a Slip and Fall Case in Denver?

You may have a case if you fell because of a hazard the property owner knew about, or should have known about, and didn’t fix or warn you about in time. Falling alone isn’t enough. The claim depends on what the owner knew, how long the hazard was there, and why you were on the property.

Colorado treats these claims differently from ordinary negligence cases. Colorado’s Premises Liability Act is the only path for most injuries caused by conditions on someone else’s property, and it sets the rules a court will apply.

Hazards that lead to slip and fall claims

Most slip and fall claims start with a condition a reasonable owner would have caught. Hazards that often lead to a claim include:

• Wet floors from spills, mopping, or leaking coolers with no warning sign
• Ice and packed snow on entryways, steps, and parking lots
• Broken, uneven, or missing stair treads and handrails
• Torn carpet, loose mats, and buckled flooring
• Poor lighting in stairwells, hallways, and parking garages

How Does Colorado Law Decide What a Property Owner Owed You?

Your reason for being on the property sets the level of care the owner owed you. Colorado sorts injured visitors into three groups, and each one has a different standard for proving the owner is responsible.

Customers and tenants in common areas are usually invitees, the group Colorado protects most. Colorado’s pattern jury instructions walk through each standard, and a court decides which one applies before a jury ever hears your case.

What Evidence Proves a Slip and Fall Claim?

The strongest evidence indicates that the hazard existed, that the owner knew or should have known about it, and that it caused your injury. Much of that proof sits in the property owner’s hands, and some of it gets erased within days.

Proof that disappears first

Security video is recorded over on a short cycle, sometimes in a matter of days. A spill gets mopped up and a broken step gets repaired. We send preservation letters quickly so the owner can’t claim the footage or records were lost.

Proof that builds the claim

Once the scene is preserved, we gather the records that show what the owner knew:

• Incident reports filed with the manager or landlord
• Cleaning, inspection, and maintenance logs for the area where you fell
• Prior complaints or work orders about the same hazard
• Photos of the scene, your shoes, and your injuries
• Names and statements of witnesses and employees
• Medical records that tie your injury to the fall

Together, these records turn “I slipped” into a clear account of what went wrong and who should pay.

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Slips on Snow and Ice in Denver

Ice and snow cause many winter falls in the Denver area, and they raise specific questions about who had to clear the walkway. Denver requires property owners to clear snow and ice from the public sidewalks along their property after a storm, and businesses usually take on even more responsibility for their own entrances, steps, and lots.

When a snowy fall becomes a claim

A claim often turns on timing. If snow kept falling and the owner had no fair chance to clear it, liability is harder to prove. If the storm ended long before your fall and the entryway was still a sheet of ice, or if a gutter dripped onto the same walkway day after day, the owner’s failure is much easier to show.

Weather records, photos taken the same day, and the property’s snow removal schedule often decide these cases.

When more than one company is responsible

Apartment complexes, homeowners associations, and commercial landlords often hire outside contractors to plow and salt. That can mean more than one party shares the blame for an icy walkway. Colorado lets a jury divide fault among everyone responsible, so we look at every contract and every company that touched the property before the fall.

Can You Still Recover If the Owner Says You Weren’t Careful?

Yes, as long as your share of the fault is less than the property owner’s. Colorado’s Premises Liability Act lets owners raise comparative negligence, and a jury will assign a percentage of fault to each side. If your share reaches 50% or more, you can’t recover.

How insurers try to shift the blame

Expect the owner’s insurer to argue that you were looking at your phone, wearing the wrong shoes, or ignoring a warning cone. Those arguments only reduce your recovery if the evidence backs them up.

How Long Do You Have to File a Slip and Fall Lawsuit in Colorado?

Most Colorado slip and fall lawsuits must be filed within two years of the fall. That deadline comes from the state’s general limitations statute for injury claims, and exceptions can change it in some cases.

The 182-day rule for public property

A fall at a government building, a recreation center, or another public facility follows a much shorter clock. Under the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act (CGIA), you must give the public entity written notice of your claim within 182 days. The state’s own summary of the CGIA lists the narrow situations where a public entity can be sued at all, including dangerous conditions in public buildings.

The Colorado Supreme Court made this deadline even less forgiving. In a 2026 decision, a woman injured on a public sidewalk lost her claim against the responsible city because she sent notice to the wrong city first, and the 182 days ran from the day she was hurt.

What Compensation Can a Slip and Fall Claim Cover?

A slip and fall claim can cover your financial losses, your pain and suffering, and any lasting impairment from the fall. Hip fractures, broken wrists, back injuries, and head injuries from falls often require surgery and months of therapy, so the full value usually isn’t clear right away.

You may be able to recover:

• Emergency care, surgery, and hospital bills
• Physical therapy and future medical care
• Wages lost while you heal and lost earning ability
• Pain, emotional distress, and loss of enjoyment of life
• Physical impairment or disfigurement

Colorado limits the noneconomic part of a claim, and the legislature raised that cap to $1.5 million for cases filed on or after January 1, 2025. Most claims never come close to the cap, but it matters in the most serious injuries.

Why we don’t rush to settle

Fall injuries in older adults and people with prior back or joint problems can take months to reveal their full impact. Once you sign a settlement release, you generally can’t go back for more. We wait until your doctors have a clear picture of your recovery, then build the demand around the real cost of your injury.

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Talk to a Denver Slip and Fall Lawyer Today

A fall shouldn’t leave you paying for someone else’s neglect. Born & McCaffrey Injury Law can review what happened, explain where your claim stands, and start protecting the evidence right away.

Call (303) 800-6996 any time, or visit us at 4100 E Mississippi Ave, Suite 802, in Denver. Your consultation is free.

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ATTORNEY MICHAEL BORN

Michael has represented well over a thousand injury victims in his career. He has litigated 500 court cases. He has tried cases in counties all over Colorado. He has briefed and argued appeals in the appellate courts. This experience ultimately led to him leaving the big firm life to form Born & McCaffrey in order to provide a more client centered and personal representation than a large law firm is able to provide. [ ATTORNEY BIO ]