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Available 24/7 (214) 333-3333
Available 24/7 (214) 333-3333
Available 24/7 (214) 333-3333
Frenkel & Frenkel provides free consultations and handles slip and fall cases on a contingency fee basis. You pay nothing unless we recover compensation for you.
A slip and fall accident can happen in seconds, but the consequences can last for months or even years. Whether you are shopping, visiting a business, or walking through an apartment complex in Denver, you may be dealing with serious injuries, medical bills, lost income, and uncertainty about your recovery if a property owner fails to keep their premises reasonably safe.
At Frenkel & Frenkel, our Denver slip and fall lawyers help injured people hold negligent property owners accountable. We investigate the accident, preserve evidence, and work to prove fault. Whether your fall occurred in a grocery store, restaurant, hotel, apartment complex, office building, or on public property, we are prepared to fight for the compensation you deserve.
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Do I need a lawyer for a slip and fall in Denver?
Yes. Property owners and businesses often have legal teams ready to minimize their fault within hours of an incident. Our firm immediately investigates the scene, secures critical evidence, gathers witness statements, and identifies all at-fault parties so you can focus on your recovery.
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Premises liability in Colorado is governed exclusively by the Colorado Premises Liability Act (C.R.S. sec. 13-21-115). When you bring a claim, you are asserting that the property owner had a legal duty to keep the property safe, failed to meet that duty, and caused your injuries. Unlike some states, Colorado’s PLA is the sole remedy — you cannot bring a general negligence claim alongside it.
Invitee: A person who enters to transact business in which both parties are mutually interested, or in response to an implied invitation to the public (e.g., store customer). Owners must exercise reasonable care to protect invitees against dangers they know about or should have known about.
Licensee: A person who enters for their own convenience or interest with the owner’s permission (e.g., social guest). Owners must warn about dangers they actually know about — specifically dangers the owner created, or unusual dangers not ordinarily present on that type of property.
Trespasser: A person who enters without consent. Owners owe the lowest duty of care — liability generally requires willful or deliberate harm. Colorado’s PLA expressly preserves the attractive nuisance doctrine for children under age 14.
If an unsafe property left you injured, we are ready to help. Contact us today for a free case review.
Recoverable damages depend on the severity of your injuries and the facts of the case, potentially including: medical expenses (emergency care, surgery, physical therapy); lost wages and lost future earning capacity; pain and suffering; mental anguish; and physical impairment, disability, or disfigurement.
Multiple Responsible Parties: Potentially liable parties may include the property owner (failure to maintain safe premises); a property management company (negligent inspections or delayed repairs); a maintenance contractor (improper repairs or code violations); a cleaning service (wet floors without warnings); and a retail store or business (failure to identify dangerous conditions or inadequate staff training).
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Can I recover more compensation if multiple parties caused my slip and fall?
Potentially yes. Each at fault party may carry their own insurance policy. Identifying multiple defendants — such as the property owner, management company, maintenance contractor, and a cleaning service — can open up multiple sources of recovery that a single-defendant case would not. This is one of the most important reasons to hire an attorney who investigates the full picture, not just the obvious party.
Our attorneys have spent decades fighting for people hurt in slip and fall accidents. We have the knowledge and resources to take on even the most complex cases against property owners, major retailers, shopping centers, and corporate defendants.
Our founding attorneys used to defend property owners and insurance companies in premises liability cases. Now, they use that inside knowledge to fight for injured people like you. We know the tactics property owners and insurers use to deny slip and fall claims, and we know how to counter them.
We have recovered over $1 Billion in settlements and verdicts for our clients.* For 16 straight years, our attorneys have been named among the Best Lawyers in Denver.
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Slip and fall accidents are rarely random. Most are caused by a hazard the property owner could have fixed or warned about. Common causes include:
Spills, dropped merchandise, and wet floors near produce areas or entrances are common causes of falls in retail spaces. Stores must inspect and maintain their floors and fix hazards quickly.
Wet floors from spills, recently mopped surfaces, and poor lighting near exits or restrooms can create serious hazards. These businesses owe their customers a high duty of care.
Tenants and visitors can be hurt by broken stairs, damaged handrails, poor lighting in parking lots, cracked walkways, and neglected common areas. Landlords and property managers can be held responsible when they fail to keep the property safe.
Potholes, cracked pavement, poor lighting, and standing water make parking lots and garages common sites for serious falls. Owners must maintain these areas even when they are outside the building.
Falls in lobbies, elevators, stairwells, and common areas may involve the building owner, property manager, or tenant, depending on who controlled the area where the injury happened.
Under Chapter 43 of the Denver City Code, property owners who own land next to a public sidewalk may be responsible for maintaining it. Cracked, uneven, or broken sidewalks can support a claim against a private owner or a government entity.
Hotel guests are invitees. Hotels must keep hallways, stairwells, pools, parking areas, and other common spaces safe. Falls caused by wet pool decks, poor lighting, or loose floor mats may support a claim.
Falls on public property, including Denver city parks, government offices, and public sidewalks, may be pursued under the Colorado Tort Claims Act. These claims have special rules and damage limits, so an experienced attorney is important.
You are not required to hire a lawyer, but having one can greatly improve your chances of a fair result. Property owners and insurers have legal teams working to limit what they pay. An experienced Denver slip and fall attorney can investigate the accident, collect and protect evidence, calculate your losses, and negotiate or litigate for you. Frenkel & Frenkel offers free consultations so you can learn your options at no cost.
Under Colorado's Premises Liability Act, 'open and obvious' is no longer a complete bar to your claim. However, property owners and insurers routinely use it to argue that you were partly at fault -- which can reduce or eliminate your recovery under Colorado's 50% bar rule. An attorney can evaluate the strength of this argument in your specific case.
No. Early offers are often low and meant to limit liability. Once you sign a release, you usually cannot seek further compensation if your condition worsens. Always have an attorney review the offer.
Delays can make a claim harder, but not impossible. See a doctor as soon as possible and be honest about symptom onset. Your attorney can help explain treatment gaps.
There are no upfront fees and no out-of-pocket costs. Frenkel & Frenkel handles slip and fall cases on a contingency fee basis. That means our fee comes from a percentage of what we recover for you. If we do not win, you do not pay attorney fees. You can get started with a free consultation and no financial risk.
Possibly. A sign doesn't automatically grant immunity. Courts look at whether the sign was visible, placed well, and sufficient to prevent the injury.
An attorney can help figure that out. Property ownership and management records are usually public. In apartment complexes, shopping centers, and commercial properties, there may also be more than one responsible party, such as the owner, the property manager, and a tenant. Identifying every responsible party is one of the first steps in building a strong claim.
