Modified (50% bar)2-year ordinary injury clock
Colorado (long-standing caps)
Caps plus a 50% bar. Incremental adjustments, not a 2023 Florida clone.
Last checked Aug 31, 2026 · LawyerUnc editorial. Educational only, not legal advice.
- If you share blame
- If you are 50% or more at fault, you recover nothing. Below that, your recovery is cut by your share of blame.
- Ordinary injury time limit
- 2 years. C.R.S. § 13-80-102. Tolling, discovery rules, and other claim types can change that. Use the time-limit tool, then have a lawyer confirm the subsection.
- Caps on pain and suffering
- Noneconomic damages in many civil actions are capped and periodically adjusted. Confirm the current dollar figure.
What that actually means
Colorado is what a long-running reform state looks like: a 50% bar, a two-year clock, and a noneconomic cap that legislators tune rather than explode.
Confirm the cap in the year of injury. Adjusted caps are a classic way to be wrong by six figures.