Kurt Zaner
VerifiedAbout Kurt Zaner
Kurt Zaner is the Founding Partner of Zaner Law Personal Injury and Car Accident Attorneys in Denver. He is a Denver personal injury attorney representing individuals against large corporations and a national speaker and published author on trial advocacy, legal writing, and discovery tactics.
Zaner has secured significant verdicts including $30 million in an oil and gas explosion case, $16 million in an electrocution and CRPS case (the largest premises liability verdict in Colorado history), $10.6 million in an electrocution/CRPS case, and $4.3 million in a trucking accident. He has been recognized by Best Lawyers (2021, 2022), Super Lawyers (2016-2022), 5280 Top Lawyer (2017, 2020-2022), the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers, and AVVO with a 10.0 SUPERB rating. He is a Federal Law Clerk alumnus, having clerked for U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra in the Southern District of Florida.
Zaner earned his Juris Doctor magna cum laude from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif (top 7 percent), and his Bachelor of Arts cum laude in Roman History from the University of Florida, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He serves on the American Association for Justice Board as a national division officer and on the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association board.
Notable case results
A defective frac tank exploded under an Air Force veteran at a Weld County well pad in 2019, and a federal jury in Denver returned $30 million, though Colorado's cap on pain-and-suffering damages later cut roughly $14 million.
A temporary electrical box exploded and electrocuted flooring installer Brian Warembourg, and a Boulder County jury returned a $16 million verdict against the electrical contractor, the largest premises liability award in Colorado history.
A Denver jury awarded electrician Jon Valaer $8.4 million after contractor Q3 left three energized wires hidden inside a power pedestal that shocked him and left him with complex regional pain syndrome.
A Denver jury awarded $2.25 million against a drunk driver who pulled into the path of motorcyclist Abdul Alhilo and then fled the scene, and the Colorado Court of Appeals later affirmed the verdict, including its exemplary damages.
Oil and gas explosion verdict
Electrocution/CRPS verdict (largest premises liability in CO history)
Electrocution/CRPS verdict
Trucking accident verdict
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
