Serving Lakewood and Arvada Colorado for over ten years
At Silvern and Bulger, PC, we are proud to be part of the North Metro community. If you need a lawyer to help fight an insurance company for the benefits you deserve, call our experienced lawyers todatyat 303-292-0044. Free Consultation for all car accident, personal injury and insurance disputes.
Colorado’s Insurance Bad Faith Statute
We purchase insurance (car accident insurance, medical insurance, disability insurance, homeowners insurance) to protect us when tragedies happen. Sadly, and while the insurance company is happy to collect the premium, they are not always as eager to pay the claim. In Colorado, the legislature has enacted C.R.S. Section 10-3-1115 (1)(a) that states no insurance company… Read More »
What are clients saying about us?
A recent review from our Facebook page …… Chana Guy reviewed Silvern & Bulger, P.C., Attorneys & Counselors at Law — 5 star Yesterday at 11:20am · Tom Bulger is the best! His fees are so reasonable and he explains them right up front. No confusing contracts. Tom is responsive to his clients needs and… Read More »
ERISA and the Statute of Limitations
Every type of case has its own Statute of Limitations (the period that the law gives you to file a lawsuit to protect your rights). These limitation periods can vary from State to State, between the State and Federal Court system, and even from Judge to Judge. To complicate matters, certain insurance companies offering health,… Read More »
ERISA and Change of Venue
You live in Colorado. You work here. Your employer’s insurance company denies your disability or medical benefit claim, and tells you that your policy requires you to file your lawsuit in some far away jurisdiction like Delaware or Missouri (based on a clause in the policy you never saw, let alone agreed to). What are… Read More »
DOES YOUR FIRM HAVE A PROUDEST MOMENT?
I once had a client asked that question, and I was stumped. So, I asked my partner Steve Silvern for his thoughts. Steve won prestigious academic awards in college at Cal-Berkley including Phi Beta Kappa and a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, and graduated from UCLA law School where he was named Rosco Pound Advocate in 1972. However,… Read More »
ARE TRUCK ACCIDENTS DIFFERENT THEN “REGULAR” CAR ACCIDENTS?
Commercial trucks have a lot of moving parts and require constant upkeep to be safe for travel on public roads. However, there are a number of issues that could lead to a serious trucking accident. These include the following: Driver error: Distractions, inexperience and drunk driving are all common factors in these crashes, as is… Read More »
ERISA NEWS: NEW DRUG PRICING LAWSUIT FILED UNDER ERISA
Express Scripts Inc. and Anthem Inc. are accused in a proposed class action of breaching their ERISA fiduciary duties (i.e., their obligations to the thousands of employees promised prescription drug coverage by the employer) by entering into a 10-year, multibillion-dollar prescription-drug agreement that caused plan participants to overpay for benefits ( Burnett v. Express Scripts,… Read More »
Fight the Good Fight; Nasca v. State Farm
Nasca v. State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co., 12 P.3d 346 (Colo.App. 2000). We are proud of every case we handle. Whether it is one of the thousands of quite settlements we have negotiated over the past 30 years, or one of the many cases we have fought all the way to trial (or on… Read More »