Dog Bite Lawyer in Aurora, CO
Colorado holds dog owners strictly liable. Lionheart Injury Law recovers maximum compensation for dog bite victims in Aurora, from the owner's insurance, not their pocket.
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What Can You Recover After an Aurora Dog Bite?
Dog bite cases at our firm typically settle for $200,000 to $2 million, and a child's scarring case can double it. Colorado's strict liability statute plus scarring damages, valued outside the cap, drive these cases.
We prepare every case for trial from day one, and insurers know it. That is why our settlements come in bigger and faster. And so far, we are undefeated.
With us, you speak directly with your attorney, and our RN Medical Director manages your medical care from day one, insurance or no insurance. There's no fee unless we win. Contact us now for a free consultation.
Colorado's Two-Track Dog Bite Law
Strict liability (C.R.S. § 13-21-124) for serious bites, economic damages, no knowledge requirement, exceptions for trespass, provocation, and working dogs. Negligence for the human cost, pain, emotional distress, disfigurement, proven through the owner's knowledge and carelessness, where the dog's history and any leash-law violation become the case. Our dog bite walks the statute clause by clause; the Aurora specifics are below.
And when the attack happened on commercial property (a store, a complex, a lot), the premises angle from our negligent security guide can add a defendant.
Aurora's Dog Rules After the Ban Repeal
The pit bull ban is gone, repealed by voters in November 2024, effective January 2025, but Aurora still requires every dog to be licensed, restrains aggressive and dangerous animals through a permit system, and enforces leash rules in parks and public spaces. Violations of those rules feed a negligence per se claim. Aurora Animal Services investigates bites, quarantines dogs, and keeps the records, including the citywide bite statistics showing Labs and German shepherds, not any banned breed, leading the counts. We pull the dog's full file in every case.
How We Build an Aurora Dog Bite Case
The Aurora Animal Services file, prior bites, complaints, dangerous-animal designations, plus the owner's insurance, veterinary and vaccination records, and photographs of the wound at every stage of healing, because the scar is the case. For children, we work with pediatric specialists at Children's Hospital Colorado on the reconstructive timeline and the psychological harm, which is real and compensable.
Damages, Venue, and Deadlines
Under HB24-1472, non-economic damages are capped at $1.5 million (2025); economic damages and physical impairment damages are uncapped, and a fatal incident carries the $2,125,000 wrongful death cap. Scarring and disfigurement sit outside the cap, the single most important fact in valuing a bite case. The deadline is generally two years; bite reports and quarantines happen in days. Aurora cases file in Arapahoe County District Court. If trial is what it takes, we are ready.
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