FAMILY MEMBER CAUSED CAR ACCIDENT – WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS? Our car accident lawyers handle cases where one family member causes a crash and another family member is injured. Fortunately, auto insurance covers a car accident even where the driver and passenger are related. Different insurance companies may have different limitations, however. For example, some car insurance policies have a […]
BICYCLE HIT BY CAR – DRIVER HAD NO INSURANCE Our lawyers handle bike – car accident cases every year. Unfortunately, there are always a few where the car that hit the bicycle does not have insurance. When a bicycle is hit by a car, the bike rider can be seriously injured. Many of our cases result in significant medical […]
DOG BITE / ATTACK SHOULD BE REPORTED TO PROTECT OTHERS Our lawyers have handled hundreds of dog bite cases over the past 25 years. Unfortunately, dog owners are very defensive to claims when their dog bites or injures someone. It is different, for example, than a car accident. With a car accident, when someone rear-ends another car, or runs a […]
INJURY TO CHILD ON INFLATABLE BOUNCY EQUIPMENT – LIABILITY CANNOT BE WAIVED Generally, when you sign a liability waiver in Minnesota, it is enforceable. In most cases, if you are injured after you signed a liability waiver, you will not be able to sue for compensation. Our persona. injury lawyers deal with this problem regularly. However, there are a […]
MORE FATAL CAR ACCIDENT CASES IN MINNESOTA Here are some sobering statistics from the National Safety Council: Because of COVID-19, the number of miles driven in 2020 decreased 13.2% compared to 2019. However, the number of car crash fatalities did not go down. Our car accident lawyers have noticed this as well. The number of miles driven in April 2021 […]
CAR TURNED INTO MOTORCYCLE DRIVER’S LANE – ATTORNEY MN The DailyMail.Com recently reported this story. A Minnesota grandfather had to undergo facial reconstruction surgery after a horrifying accident broke nearly every bone in his face. He was driving his motorcycle along Route 169 near Mankato – 80 miles south of Minneapolis. Suddenly, a pickup truck turned into his lane. […]
DOG BITE AWARENESS WEEK According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 4-million people are bitten by dogs every year. Children and the elderly are on the top of the list of victims. However, postal workers are next on the list for dog bites. Our dog bite lawyers represent many mail carriers. These incidents with postal […]
BIKE RIDER HIT BY CAR THAT DIDN’T STOP OR LEFT THE SCENE There are more bicycles on the road in Minnesota every year. As a result, our lawyers have seen an increase in bike accident cases. Most bicycle cases our lawyers handle involve a car hitting the bike rider. Usually, the car hit the bike in an intersection or the […]
RENTERS INSURANCE MAY COVER DOG BITE ATTACK Many people rent rather than buy a house. In fact, a recent news article reports that a majority of houses in Minneapolis are rented. Since they are living in a house, usually with their family, many renters will also have a dog. Our lawyers have represented hundreds of people bitten or attacked by […]
CAR ACCIDENTS MEMORIAL WEEKEND State traffic safety officials report Minnesota had the deadliest Memorial Day weekend in a decade. According to the Department of Public Safety, there were eight fatalities in six crashes over the holiday weekend. That was the most since 2010, when nine motorists were killed during the same period. Every one of these crashes was an unnecessary […]
