About Melissa Winthers
Melissa Winthers is a trial lawyer who has specialized in personal injury law for twenty-four years. She understands that an injury affects not just the individual but the entire family, and she dedicates herself to helping clients rebuild their lives. Melissa holds a deep understanding of medical issues and has secured numerous million-dollar-plus jury verdicts, judgments, and resolutions.
She is the author of 'Colorado Personal Injury,' a comprehensive practitioner's guide published by LexisNexis in May 2024. Melissa has served as President of the Brain Injury Alliance of Colorado, as a board member of the Chanda Plan Foundation, and as a board member of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association. She is ranked in the top 50 women attorneys in Colorado by Super Lawyers, recognized in Best Lawyers in America, and holds Martindale-Hubbell's AV Preeminent rating.
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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