Baldwin Morgan & Rider, P.C.

The firm emphasizes all aspects of litigation, with attorneys who specialize in the following practice areas:

• Insurance Coverage and Related Litigation
• Professional Liability
• Commercial Trucking Defense
• Personal Injury Defense
• Employment Litigation
• Commercial Litigation

Insurance Coverage and Related Litigation
Baldwin Morgan & Rider is one of the foremost insurance coverage firms in Colorado. The firm’s coverage attorneys are frequently retained at the outset of a claim to provide coverage and claim handling advice throughout the entire life of a claim. Alternatively, our clients also hire us to analyze a single question related to coverage or other aspects of an insurer’s rights or obligations under a specific policy.

Baldwin Morgan & Rider’s coverage attorneys set themselves apart by giving thorough, well-reasoned advice while always remaining mindful of the “big picture.” We are often called upon to represent our insurance clients at mediations, or behind the scenes. When litigation is unavoidable, the attorneys at Baldwin Morgan & Rider zealously represent their coverage clients in insurance coverage and bad faith litigation.

The coverage attorneys at our firm have extensive experience rendering opinions and handling associated litigation regarding just about every type of insurance policy, including:

• Commercial General Liability;
• Commercial Property;
• Homeowners;
• Auto coverage;
• Disability coverage;
• Occupational Accident coverage;
• Professional Liability;
• Products Liability;
• Health Insurance;
• Life Insurance;
• Inland Marine; and
• Excess and Umbrella coverage.

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Professional Liability
Baldwin Morgan & Rider has extensive experience with professional liability claims and has represented insurance producers, lawyers, securities brokers, real estate agents, mortgage brokers, directors and officers, and many other types of professionals.

These claims frequently involve allegations of professional incompetence that can be very personal and damaging to the professional’s reputation and business. The attorneys who specialize in this area understand both the significance and the sensitive nature of these types of claims and work closely with the professionals involved to understand the nature of the business, to define a realistic and aggressive defense strategy, and to maintain confidential information and customer and vendor relationships.

We represent large professional firms, individual practitioners, and small businesses against allegations of malpractice, fraud, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and other types of civil claims. We also represent clients in claims that arise out of professional liability allegations such as negligent hiring, negligent supervision, and coverage matters. Baldwin Morgan & Rider represents professionals under insurers’ errors and omissions policies and also directly when the professional is self-insured.

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Commercial Trucking Defense
Baldwin Morgan & Rider is highly adept at defending truck drivers, trucking companies, and their insurers. In this regard, we represent these parties in claims including accidents, property damage, and wrongful death cases. Truck accident litigation often involves high value claims and extensive investigations. The successful defense of a trucking case begins at the scene with a quick response team of accident reconstruction specialists who preserve the evidence at the accident site. This includes photographing the accident scene, taking measurements, and interviewing eye-witnesses, the truck driver, other participants involved in the accident, and the investigating police officers.

The trucking industry is heavily regulated and our firm is well-versed in the regulations that must be followed to maintain safe trucks and safe drivers. The representation we offer is comprehensive. We analyze potential liability, assess the amount of damages, and seek to minimize our clients’ exposure by conducting an early and thorough evaluation to determine whether litigation or settlement is the best course of action.

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Personal Injury Defense
Baldwin Morgan & Rider defends corporate and individual insureds, as well as self-insured corporations, in all types of personal injury cases throughout Colorado. Our firm has an extensive in-house research database on personal injury cases in Colorado, which it uses to effectively defend such cases.

The firm's personal injury practice includes:

Motor Vehicle Accidents
Baldwin Morgan & Rider defends tractor-trailer, commercial motor vehicle, and personal motor vehicle accident cases. Our firm also defends UM/UIM cases arising out of motor vehicle accidents.

Product Liability
We defend manufacturers and retailers of products in negligent design, strict product liability, and breach of warranty cases.

Wrongful Death
Baldwin Morgan & Rider’s attorneys have a broad base of experience defending cases under Colorado’s wrongful death statute, § 13-21-201 et seq.

Premises Liability
The firm handles personal injury cases arising out of customer accidents in retail stores. Our attorneys also have experience handling premises liability cases arising out of dangerous conditions in parking lots, on sidewalks, and other premises.

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Employment Litigation
Baldwin Morgan & Rider has attorneys who specialize in employment matters and counsel clients on all aspects of risk management, policies and procedures, and responses to employee complaints, and who use their extensive litigation experience to enforce various agreements and defend against litigation. Our attorneys have handled a variety of employment related cases involving such things as allegations of discrimination, allegations of harassment, wrongful termination, contract claims, wage claim, and ERISA claims. The firm also has attorneys who specialize in representing government contractors and who have handled agency investigations, EEO claims, and whistleblower actions.

We have represented clients in a multitude of venues including before various federal and state agencies, alternative law judges, arbitrators, and courts. In addition our employment attorneys also protect trade secrets and draft and enforce covenants not to compete, non-solicitation agreements, and confidentiality agreements. Further we combine our employment experience with our insurance experience and can assist with all aspects of Employment Practice Liability Insurance.

We also assist our clients by drafting various employment policies and procedures and providing seminars and training to business owners, managers and supervisors, and employees. The firm’s employment litigators frequently lecture on employment topics such as responding to EEOC charges, FMLA leave, wage claims, unemployment claims, and responding to internal employee complaints.

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Commercial Litigation
Baldwin Morgan & Rider has attorneys who can assist in many aspects of commercial litigation disputes. The firm’s attorneys have represented all sizes and types of businesses from large publicly traded companies to small and medium sized businesses to individuals. We have handled contract disputes, business disputes, shareholder, member and partner claims, unfair competition claims and a wide variety of equitable claims. Our litigators are trained to spot issues, aggressively enforce agreements and resolve matters that stem from the break-up of businesses. We have represented clients in various fraud, misrepresentation, civil conspiracy, and consumer protection act claims. We understand the need for pro-active representation and we provide result oriented and often times unique approaches to the resolution of business and commercial disputes.

Our expertise in commercial litigation frequently overlaps with our experience in employment litigation and insurance matters. We draft and defend various forms or covenants not to compete, we protect trade secrets, and we litigate insurance coverage and insurance defense matters. We also have attorneys who specialize in directors and officers coverage, employment practices liability coverage, and professional liability coverage.

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