Personal injury lawyer Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs injury lawyers who try cases in El Paso County

When a Colorado Springs crash leaves you with medical bills and an adjuster who won’t move, you need lawyers who will file in El Paso County — not settle for the first number. Kirk McCormick and Jay Murphy used to represent insurance companies. That background matters when a carrier delays, denies, or lowballs a valid claim, especially uninsured and underinsured motorist disputes.

McCormick & Murphy, P.C. represents injured people from offices at 929 W Colorado Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80905 (downtown) and 7660 Goddard St Suite 245, Colorado Springs, CO 80920 (north). Since 1990, Kirk McCormick and James “Jay” Murphy have practiced personal injury and insurance bad faith in Colorado state and federal courts.

Crashes on Powers Boulevard, Academy Boulevard, and Colorado Springs streets

Colorado Springs injury claims often start on the same roads. Powers Boulevard, Academy Boulevard, Nevada Avenue, Fillmore Street, Garden of the Gods Road, and Cimarron Street see daily intersection wrecks, left-turn collisions, and rear-end crashes. Interstate 25 also runs north–south through the city and carries heavy commuter and commercial traffic.

Fort Carson and the military community bring a steady flow of out-of-state drivers and rental-car claims. The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) handles most city crashes. El Paso County Sheriff and Colorado State Patrol investigate county and highway scenes. We obtain the crash report, photographs, and witness names before they get hard to find.

If a CDOT work zone, missing signage, or a dangerous highway design played a part, that is a different kind of claim and a shorter clock. Claims against Colorado Springs, El Paso County, or another public entity can require written notice in as little as 182 days. Tell us what you remember about the road, not just the other driver.

UCHealth Memorial, Penrose, and the records that prove the case

Serious Colorado Springs injuries are often treated at UCHealth Memorial Hospital or Penrose Hospital (CommonSpirit / Centura). Some patients are transferred to a Denver trauma center. The hospital chart, imaging, and later therapy notes are how we prove what the crash actually did — not what the insurer’s first adjuster wants to call a “soft tissue” case.

We gather records and itemized bills, deal with hospital liens, and coordinate with Tricare, VA, or workers’ compensation when both are in play. If you were sent home from the ER and symptoms worsened over the next week, that timeline belongs in the file. Do not assume the first visit is the whole story.

El Paso County District Court, and lawyers who will try the case

Most injury claims settle. Some do not. When a carrier refuses a fair number, the case is filed in El Paso County District Court. Local judges, local jurors, and local rules matter. A lawyer who will not try a case in Colorado Springs will be pushed into a cheap settlement.

Kirk McCormick and Jay Murphy have decades of trial work in Colorado state and federal courts. Mr. McCormick and Mr. Murphy previously represented insurance companies. That is useful when the other side’s file is built to minimize the claim. If mediation is the right next step, we prepare it the same way we prepare a trial: records, liens, and a number we can defend.