MN LAWYERS – FAMILY OF CUSTOMER OVER SERVED CAN SUE BAR With New Year’s Eve approaching, many of us turn our thoughts to celebrating – partying and drinking. At the Rochlin Law Firm, our personal injury lawyers represent people and their families injured by a drunk driver. We also sometimes sue the bar that over-served the drunk driver. What about when […]
CAR ACCIDENT INJURY FAMILY MEMBER DRIVING AT FAULT- MN INSURANCE COVERAGE What happens if a family member causes a car accident that injures another family member? The Minnesota Court of Appeals decided an important case about this last week. The case was about a mother and son who were going somewhere in the family car. The son, who was driving […]
HOW TO GET MEDICAL BILLS PAID AFTER A SLIP FALL ACCIDENT INJURY Our lawyers represent people injured after they slipped and fell. Therefore, we know a slip fall or trip and fall accident can cause very serious injuries. We see cases of broken bones requiring surgery, and many other types of injuries. Of course, along with a serious injury comes […]
TEENAGER RECKLESS DRIVING CAN LEAD TO TRAGEDY Our lawyers represent teenagers or their families in Minnesota car crash cases caused by reckless a teenage driver. Unfortunately, many of these cases are seriously tragic, resulting in permanent injuries, traumatic brain injury, or death. In most of the cases, the teenage reckless driving occurs late at night and the driver was […]
TRAFFIC SLOWS DOWN AT ENTRANCE RAMPS SO MORE RISK OF MULTI CAR CRASHES Car accidents happen at an entrance ramp or near it. For example, the Minnesota State Patrol reported a multi vehicle crash yesterday. The crash happened at the Westbound I-94 ramp existing to Highway 241. All involved vehicles were westbound I-94 exiting to Hwy 241. The vehicles on […]
HOW TO GET VIDEO CAMERA RECORDING OF ACCIDENT We frequently get calls from people after an auto accident. They have been injured, or their car was damaged, but there is a dispute about who was at fault. The caller often asks if our lawyers can get the video recording from the intersection camera. The video can sometimes be the best […]
DON’T DRIVE TOO FAST ON ROAD DURING DEER MATING SEASON Do you have a case if you are a passenger and the driver hits a deer? The answer is often yes. Our lawyers have handled several cases for an injured passenger when the driver hit a deer. A recent article by KEYC in Mankato reminds us that we are just […]
PARKING LOT CAR CRASHES ARE AMONG MOST FREQUENT Insurance industry statistics show that car crash accidents occur frequently in parking lots. If fact, up to 20% of all car crashes in the country occur in a parking lot. Fortunately, most parking lot collisions only involve damage to the vehicles, because the speed of the cars is usually slow. Nonetheless, our […]
CHILD HIT BY CAR WHILE CROSSING STREET TO GET ON SCHOOL BUS Valley News reported today this tragic story about a 7-year old boy from Thief River Falls. He was struck and killed by a vehicle while crossing a highway. The child was just trying to get on a school bus near Thief River Falls when he was hit by the […]
ACCIDENT SCENE WITNESSES ARE IMPORTANT AND SHOULD COOPERATE Many of the injury cases our lawyers work on involve a dispute about how the accident happened. For example, which car ran the red light? What did our client trip on? Who was in the intersection first? Sometimes one of the parties misremembers. But sometimes they just lie because they don’t want […]
