About Cajardo Lindsey
Cajardo Lindsey brings more than 75 jury trials to his practice at Dan Caplis Law. His career began in insurance defense before he joined the Denver District Attorney's Office, where he spent eight years rising to Senior Deputy District Attorney and handling cases from DUIs to first-degree murder. He was cross-deputized as a Special U.S. Attorney for the Front Range Drug Task Force, working alongside DEA and multiple Colorado law enforcement agencies.
After serving as an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Denver, Cajardo transitioned to civil personal injury practice, where he and his partner routinely obtained six- and seven-figure excess verdicts. Governor Polis then appointed Cajardo to the bench of Colorado's 18th Judicial District, where he presided over civil matters including domestic relations and protection orders. Cajardo graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, with a B.A. in Public Administration, and earned his J.D. from Indiana University Maurer School of Law.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Dan Caplis Law
These results are credited to Dan Caplis Law. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.
A Garfield County jury returned a $205 million verdict against Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park and ride manufacturer Soaring Eagle after finding that operators launched the Haunted Mine Drop with a six-year-old girl sitting on top of an unsecured seatbelt, overriding a warning alarm that should have stopped the ride.
A Larimer County jury returned a $65 million wrongful death verdict in September 2026 for the family of Megan Arneson, a 32-year-old single mother killed on I-25 near Mead in August 2022. A semi hauling an improperly loaded excavator struck an overpass, and falling concrete came through her windshield. The jury found the driver and his employer liable after a five-day trial. Plaintiffs' counsel described it as the largest jury verdict in Larimer County history and the largest in a Colorado trucking crash case.
A Denver jury awarded $26.6 million to two adult siblings whose parents were both killed when a drowsy CWRV Transport driver rear-ended their stopped vehicle at 75 mph on a Colorado highway.
After Cincinnati Casualty told an Aurora man he owed nothing following three spinal surgeries from a multi-car crash, a Denver jury returned a verdict of more than $3 million for breach of contract and insurance bad faith.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
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