If you or a family member received burn treatment at the Swedish Medical Center Burn Center, your medical records document the full severity of your injuries in precise clinical detail. Those records — burn depth assessments, total body surface area calculations, surgical logs, and rehabilitation notes — are critical evidence in a burn injury claim, and Colorado's 2-year statute of limitations means the time to act is now.
The Swedish Medical Center Burn Center is a longstanding burn treatment resource for the Denver metropolitan area and the surrounding Rocky Mountain region. As one of the referral destinations for serious thermal, chemical, electrical, and inhalation injuries along Colorado's Front Range, it treats burn patients transferred from across the metro, the plains to the east, and the mountain communities to the west.
Comprehensive burn care generates the documentation that a burn injury claim relies on. From admission forward, clinicians record burn depth, total body surface area involvement, the mechanism of injury, and the full arc of surgical and rehabilitative care. That clinical record frequently becomes the most compelling evidence of how severe an injury was — and of the lifelong medical, functional, and psychological consequences a survivor faces.
Colorado's economy places distinctive burn hazards in front of the workers this center treats. The Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin and the Wattenberg Field in Weld County make the Front Range one of the most active oil and gas regions in the country, while the metro's sustained construction boom, Xcel Energy's electrical infrastructure, the aerospace and defense corridor toward Boulder, and Colorado's increasingly severe wildfire seasons round out a broad and dangerous risk landscape.
The industries clustered around Denver produce serious and legally significant burn injuries. Oil and gas operations expose drilling and production crews to flash fires, blowouts, and separator explosions. The metro's construction growth generates welding, arc-flash, and gas-line hazards. Utility lineworkers face high-voltage arc flash, and aerospace manufacturers handle propellants, high-energy batteries, and precision welding processes. In each of these settings, a negligent third party is frequently responsible.
Colorado requires most employers to carry workers' compensation, which provides no-fault medical benefits and partial wage replacement but does not pay for pain and suffering, disfigurement, or the full economic value of a disabling burn — and it limits your ability to sue your direct employer. Colorado law preserves your right to pursue those additional damages through a civil claim against any other negligent party. Potential defendants include:
Colorado follows a modified comparative fault system under C.R.S. § 13-21-111: you may recover as long as your share of fault does not exceed 50%, with damages reduced proportionally below that threshold. If you are found 50% or more at fault, recovery is barred — which makes building a thorough liability case essential. Colorado's statute of limitations for personal injury is 2 years from the date of injury under C.R.S. § 13-80-102, and claims against government entities require a notice of claim within 182 days under the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act.
Records from a regional burn center provide the clinical detail on which damages presentations are built. Documentation from the Swedish Medical Center Burn Center typically includes:
Your attorney will obtain these records with your written authorization and build your damages case around them. An experienced Colorado burn injury attorney knows how to pair this documentation with COGCC and COSH findings to establish both the severity of your injury and the liability of the oil and gas operators, contractors, equipment makers, and property owners responsible.
If your burn was caused by someone else's negligence — an unsafe well site, defective equipment, a chemical manufacturer's failure to warn, a contractor's unsafe practices, or a utility's dangerous conditions — you likely have a viable claim. Colorado lets burn victims pursue third-party civil claims alongside workers' compensation. Treatment at a regional burn center is strong evidence of injury severity. A free consultation will identify who is liable and what your claim may be worth. Call us or submit the form — no fee unless you win.
Colorado's statute of limitations for personal injury is 2 years from the date of injury under C.R.S. § 13-80-102. Claims against government entities require a notice of claim within 182 days under the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act. Oil and gas incidents can involve multiple overlapping deadlines. Early action is critical — COGCC and COSH investigation files, site footage, and witness statements can be lost quickly. Contact an attorney as soon as you are medically able.
Yes. Under HIPAA and Colorado law you have the right to copies of your complete medical records. Submit a written authorization through the hospital's medical records department, or authorize your attorney to request them on your behalf — usually the most efficient approach when records are needed for litigation.
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