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★ Colorado · workplace

Workplace settlements
in Colorado.

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Colorado applies modified-50 comparative fault with inflation-indexed non-economic caps and a hard medical-malpractice ceiling of $1 million total recovery. For workplace claims specifically, the band is built from the state-by-state tort law · jury verdict reporters · statutory caps framework and then adjusted for Colorado's modified comparative — 50% bar and any applicable statutory cap.

Colorado applies modified comparative negligence with a 50% bar. For workplace claims, this means a claimant who is 49% at fault recovers 51% of the award, but a claimant assigned 50% or more recovers nothing. The bright-line rule materially affects workplace settlement negotiations: insurers routinely argue claimant conduct toward the 50% threshold, and the perceived risk of stepping over the line drives many claimants to settle below the band.

Workplace injuries in Colorado run on a parallel track to general tort recovery: workers' compensation is the primary remedy against the employer, with third-party tort claims (against a contractor, equipment manufacturer, or non-employer driver) layered on top. Colorado's caps (non-economic damages cap, medical malpractice cap) apply to the third-party tort track only, and the workers' compensation insurer typically holds a subrogation right against any tort recovery.

★ band · US federal frame
Scheduled statutory benefits — no pain-and-suffering award
Workplace injury (workers compensation)
State workers-compensation schedules; value tracks the impairment rating, the wage rate and future medical, and most claims close by compromise-and-release rather than verdict.

The US band is the starting point. Colorado's fault rule and any applicable cap then adjust the figure.

united states · sister site
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★ CO · statute of limitations
2 years for personal injury; 3 years for motor vehicle

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-80-102

★ CO · fault rule
Modified comparative — 50% bar

Modified comparative — recovery barred at 50% claimant fault.

★ CO · caps

What caps recovery.

Statutory caps that may bear on a workplace settlement in Colorado.

★ workplace · same region & fault regime

Compare to like jurisdictions.

How Colorado's fault rule and limitation period compare to jurisdictions in the same US region and to those running the same fault rule for workplace claims.

JurisdictionFault ruleLimitationWorkplace page
Colorado · you are hereModified comparative — 50% bar2 years for personal injury; 3 years for motor vehicle—
HawaiiModified comparative — 51% bar2 years from date of injuryHI · workplace
IdahoModified comparative — 50% bar2 years from date of injuryID · workplace
MontanaModified comparative — 51% bar3 years from date of injuryMT · workplace
NevadaModified comparative — 51% bar2 years for personal injury; 3 years for medical malpracticeNV · workplace →
OregonModified comparative — 51% bar2 years from date of injuryOR · workplace →
UtahModified comparative — 50% bar4 years for personal injury; 2 years for medical malpracticeUT · workplace
GeorgiaModified comparative — 50% bar2 years from date of injuryGA · workplace →
KansasModified comparative — 50% bar2 years from date of injuryKS · workplace
MaineModified comparative — 50% bar6 years for personal injury — longest in the USME · workplace →
NebraskaModified comparative — 50% bar4 years for personal injury; 2 years for medical malpracticeNE · workplace
ConnecticutModified comparative — 51% bar2 years from date of injuryCT · workplace →
DelawareModified comparative — 51% bar2 years from date of injuryDE · workplace
★ CO · workplace · frequently asked

Common questions.

Each answer is independently coherent and references the relevant statute or authority document.

★ all of CO
Colorado overview

Fault rule, statute, caps, and key facts for Colorado as a whole.

★ federal frame
Workplace in United States

Workplace band structure and severity tiers at the US level.

★ all 15 countries
Workplace · everywhere

Cross-jurisdiction comparison of workplace bands.

★ editorial note

Figures on this page are starting points: the US band adjusted for Colorado's statutory framework. They are not quotes for any specific case. For representation, consult an attorney admitted in Colorado. See /methodology, /sources, and /disclaimer.