DON’T DELAY SHOVELING YOUR SIDEWALK AND DRIVEWAY AFTER SNOWFALL Do you worry about getting sued if someone falls on their property? This is understandable, and hopefully a good motivation to get out and shovel the snow off your sidewalk and driveway. While you’re at it, you should also put down some salt or ice melt. Our lawyers represent people […]
DON’T SIGN WAIVER FOR FLU SHOT, GO TO CLINIC INSTEAD Many businesses ask their customers to sign a waiver. Our injuries lawyers see this frequently. The purpose of a waiver is to prevent the customer from suing the business if the business injures them. There are some situations where this makes sense because there is an obvious risk that […]
I SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICY SIDEWALK OUTSIDE OF BUILDING CAN I SUE OWNER? This is a question our Minnesota personal injury lawyers are asked many times every winter. The answer is that it depends on the situation. First, it is important to know that the owner is not automatically responsible for your injury just because you slipped and […]
HOW TO SUE DRIVER WHO HAS NO CAR ACCIDENT INSURANCE Our lawyers get calls every week from people who were in a MN car accident where the other driver/vehicle does not have auto insurance. Often the caller’s car was damaged, and they want to know how to sue the uninsured driver. There are a few things to keep […]
ACCIDENT BACK PAIN INJURY Our lawyers have represented hundreds of people after a back injury accident in Minnesota. Most often, our clients injured their back in a car accident. But our cases include a back injury from all kinds of situations including motorcycle accidents, slip fall, trip fall accidents. There have also been cases where something falls and hits […]
CAR BACKED INTO SOMEONE DESPITE BACKUP CAMERA Insurance industry reports say that, statistically, more car accidents happen in a parking lot than anywhere else. Very few of the car accident cases our lawyers handle in Minnesota happened in a parking lot. However, our lawyers do get some from time to time. Most of the cases our lawyers handle involve serious […]
GAP INSURANCE FOR CAR ACCIDENT IF VEHICLE TOTALED Our Minnesota auto accident lawyers have represented hundreds of people injured in car crash cases. One issue that comes up frequently is valuing our client’s car that was totaled in the crash. Most people know that a car depreciates pretty quickly. Your may have heard the saying “your car is worth […]
HIGHWAY RAMP CAR ACCIDENT FREQUENT PROBLEM Our attorneys get cases every year where our client’s car is hit getting on or off a highway entrance or exit ramp. The accident is usually caused by our client being rear-ended on the ramp when the car behind is looking to merge. In many cases, the other car forgets there is […]
YOU CAN STILL SUE OTHER DRIVER IN CAR ACCIDENT EVEN IF YOU WERE DRIVING WITHOUT INSURANCE Our lawyers regularly get calls from people injured in a car accident, but driving with no insurance. They know it is against the law to drive without auto insurance. However, for whatever reason – usually financial, that is the situation they are in. […]
FEWER FATAL MOTORCYCLE CRASHES IN RECENT REPORT A recent national report found some good news tucked in with the bad news about motorcyclist fatalities in the United States. Sadly, people riding a motorcycle are still dying at a much higher rate than other motorists. However, motorcycle fatalities decreased in 2017 compared to 2016, when deaths hit an eight-year high. […]
