INJURED ON THE JOB IN CO-WORKERS CAR – LAWYERS

There was an interesting court of appeals case this week. It involved a car accident where co-employess were in a car and the one driving caused the crash. In most cases, a co-worker cannot sue another co-coworker. The reason is because the employee is entitled to workers compensation benefits. However, part of the workers compensation law prevents an injured employee from suing their employer or co-employee. But this particular case was a little different. Our injury lawyers look for something different in cases so that the injured employee can get extra compensation.

In this case, the driver was using his parents’ car for work. In most cases, the owner of the car is responsible in addition to the driver. But the driver here was a co-employee, so he could not be sued. Therefore, the question was whether his parents were still responsible because they owner the car. That question could have gone either way. However, the court of appeals decided that MN law favors full compensation for car accident victims. Therefore, they allowed the injured co-employee to recover against the owner of the vehicle even though he could not have sued the driver.

CAR ACCIDENT WHILE WORKING – INJURY LAWYERS MN

If you were injured in a car accident on the job, call us. Our car accident lawyers represent employee workers in this situation. We will work with your workers compensation lawyer to make sure you get all possible benefits. For example, if the car accident is caused by another driver, you can bring a claim against workers compensation and the other driver.

Pursuing a claim against the other driver helps your employer as well. When our lawyers settle your case, part of the settlement will go to reimburse the workers compensation insurance. In other words, it will keep your employers rates down.

Our car accident lawyers have 25 years’s experience helping hundreds of injury victims throughout Minnesota. When you call our office, the initial consultation is free. A top lawyer will answer your questions and explain your rights. Further, we never charge anything unless you receive compensation.