Kevin Cheney has a way of describing what his firm does that strips away the legal abstraction most injury attorneys hide behind. "Winning your case isn't just about legal motions," he says. "It's about securing the resources you need to rebuild your life." That framing — practical, direct, and centered on the person rather than the proceeding — is not a tagline at CGH Injury Lawyers. It is the operating philosophy of a firm that Cheney built alongside partners Tim Galluzzi and Travis Howard with a conviction that practicing law is about more than money. It is about helping people navigate the worst moments of their lives with someone genuinely in their corner. For the clients who come to CGH after a collision with a commercial truck — injured, overwhelmed, and facing a wall of corporate insurance defense — that distinction between a firm that processes cases and a firm that fights for people is not a subtle one. It is everything.
CGH Injury Lawyers operates out of Denver's Five Points and RiNo neighborhood and serves clients across all of Colorado. The firm's attorneys have been recognized by Super Lawyers, earned Top 50 Verdicts in Colorado in 2023, and secured Top 20 Verdicts in both 2021 and 2022. Their case results — including a $3 million settlement in Montrose County and a $2,527,546 verdict in Jefferson County — reflect the kind of outcomes that come from a team that knows how to build a case and is willing to take it all the way when that is what a client's situation demands. For anyone in Denver who has been seriously injured in a collision involving a commercial truck and is trying to understand what comes next, here is how Cheney and his team think about that work.
Here is a closer look at what truck accident litigation actually requires — and what anyone in this situation needs to understand before they make a single decision.
What a Truck Accident Case Actually Requires — And Why It Is Not the Same as a Car Accident Claim
"The first thing I tell people who come to us after a truck accident is that this is not a standard car accident claim," says Kevin Cheney. "The moment a commercial truck is involved, you are dealing with a different set of laws, a different set of defendants, a different set of insurance policies, and a legal team on the other side that has been handling exactly this kind of case for years. The playing field is not level from the start, and the decisions you make in the first days and weeks after the crash can have consequences that last for the rest of your life."
That asymmetry is the defining reality of commercial truck accident litigation, and it is the reason the legal representation a victim chooses matters so much more than it does in a routine fender-bender. When a commercial truck is involved in a serious collision, the trucking company's insurer typically has investigators and legal counsel on the scene — or reviewing the evidence — within hours. Evidence that could be critical to a victim's case: the truck's black box data, the driver's logbooks, the company's maintenance records, and communications between the driver and dispatch, begins to disappear or become harder to access if it is not preserved quickly and aggressively. At CGH Injury Lawyers, the response to a truck accident case begins with exactly that kind of immediate, evidence-focused action.
The legal framework governing commercial trucking adds another layer of complexity that most general practice attorneys — and even many personal injury lawyers — are not equipped to navigate. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration sets mandatory regulations governing driver hours-of-service, vehicle maintenance standards, load securement requirements, and driver qualification standards. Violations of those regulations are not just relevant to establishing fault — they can be the foundation of a case that holds not only the driver but the trucking company, the cargo loader, and the vehicle maintenance contractor accountable for what happened. Tim Galluzzi, CGH's Director of Litigation, oversees the kind of multi-party liability analysis that truck accident cases frequently require, ensuring that every potentially responsible party is identified and that the full scope of available compensation is pursued.
The injuries that result from collisions involving commercial trucks are, by the nature of the vehicles involved, among the most severe seen in personal injury law. Traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord damage, multiple fractures, and internal injuries are common outcomes when a passenger vehicle is struck by a vehicle that can weigh forty times as much. The economic consequences — medical bills that accumulate over months or years of treatment, lost wages during recovery, and the long-term costs of ongoing care or permanent disability — are often far larger than what a victim initially understands. CGH Injury Lawyers builds its cases around the full picture of what a client has lost and what they will need going forward, not just the immediate bills sitting on the kitchen table when they first call.
What Denver Truck Accident Victims Need to Know
Colorado's highway network — I-70 through the mountains, I-25 through the Front Range corridor, and the web of routes connecting Denver to the rest of the state — carries a significant volume of commercial truck traffic year-round. The combination of mountain grades, winter weather, and the sheer density of freight movement through Denver means that serious truck accidents are not rare events in this region. They are a consistent feature of the state's injury landscape, and the victims of those accidents face a legal and financial situation that is almost always more complicated than it initially appears.
One of the most common mistakes Denver truck accident victims make is engaging with the trucking company's insurer before they have spoken to an attorney. The insurer's interest is in resolving the claim as quickly and cheaply as possible — which means early settlement offers are almost invariably structured to close the case before the full extent of the victim's injuries and losses is known. Accepting an early offer, or making recorded statements to an adjuster without legal counsel, can permanently limit what a victim is able to recover. According to Cheney, this is one of the most consistent and most preventable ways that injured people end up with far less than their case is actually worth.
Colorado's statute of limitations for personal injury claims — generally three years from the date of the accident — creates a window that feels generous until the complexity of building a truck accident case is fully understood. Locating and preserving black box data, obtaining and analyzing driver logs, identifying all potentially liable parties, and building the kind of evidentiary record that produces a result like CGH's $2,527,546 Jefferson County verdict takes time and resources. Starting that process early, with a firm that has the experience and the infrastructure to pursue it properly, is the single most consequential decision a truck accident victim in Denver can make.
What to Look For When Choosing a Truck Accident Attorney
Finding the right attorney after a serious truck accident is a decision that deserves more deliberation than the urgency of the situation usually allows. A few things are worth prioritizing when evaluating who to trust with a case of this magnitude.
Ask specifically about the firm's experience with commercial truck accident litigation — not personal injury generally, but truck cases specifically. The regulatory framework, the evidence sources, the multi-party liability analysis, and the defense tactics employed by commercial trucking insurers are all distinct from what a standard car accident case involves. An attorney who handles truck cases regularly knows where to look, what to preserve, and how to build a case that accounts for the full complexity of what happened. An attorney who treats a truck accident like a car accident with a bigger vehicle is not serving their client well.
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Ask about the firm's track record with cases that go to trial. Many personal injury firms settle every case because they are not structured or resourced to litigate. The firms that trucking companies and their insurers take most seriously are the ones that have demonstrated, through results like those CGH Injury Lawyers has produced, that they are willing and able to take a case to verdict when the settlement offer does not reflect what the client is owed. That credibility shapes every negotiation, even the ones that never reach a courtroom.
Ask about the fee structure. CGH Injury Lawyers, like most reputable personal injury firms, works on a contingency basis — meaning clients pay nothing unless the firm wins. That structure aligns the firm's interests directly with the client's, and it means that the quality of legal representation a truck accident victim receives should not depend on their ability to pay upfront. If a firm requires retainer fees for a personal injury case, that is worth understanding before signing anything.
A Firm That Fights for What a Case Is Actually Worth
Truck accident cases are among the most consequential legal matters a person will ever face — and among the most aggressively defended. The trucking companies and insurers on the other side of these cases have resources, experience, and a financial incentive to minimize what they pay. The only thing that changes that dynamic is an attorney who knows the law, knows the evidence, and is willing to fight for a result that actually reflects what the client has been through and what they need to move forward.
Kevin Cheney, Tim Galluzzi, Travis Howard, and the team at CGH Injury Lawyers have built their practice around exactly that standard. Their results — in courtrooms across Colorado and in settlements that reflect the true value of their clients' cases — are the evidence. Their philosophy, that this work is about helping people rebuild their lives and not just closing files, is what drives the standard they hold themselves to on every case they take.
For anyone in Denver who has been seriously injured in a truck accident and is trying to figure out where to turn, the conversation starts with a call to a team that will tell them the truth about their situation — and fight to make it right.