MN LAWYERS – FAMILY OF CUSTOMER OVER SERVED CAN SUE BAR With New Year’s Eve approaching, many of us turn our thoughts turn to celebrating – partying and drinking. At the Rochlin Law Firm, our personal injury lawyers represent people and their families injured in Minnesota by drunk drivers. We also sometimes sued the bar that over-served the drunk driver. […]
CAR ACCIDENT INJURY FAMILY MEMBER DRIVING AT FAULT- MN INSURANCE COVERAGE The Minnesota Court of Appeals decided an important case last week. A mother and son were in the family car when the son, who was driving, caused an accident that seriously injured his mother. Because of the mother’s serious injury from this car accident, the family decided to make […]
HOW TO GET MEDICAL BILLS PAID AFTER A SLIP FALL ACCIDENT INJURY Our lawyers get frequent calls from people injured after they slipped and fell. Therefore, we are well aware that a slip fall or trip and fall accident can result in very serious injuries, and high medical bills. Many people believe that the property owner is automatically responsible if […]
TEENAGER RECKLESS DRIVING CAN LEAD TO TRAGEDY In the last year, our lawyers have represented several teenagers or their families in Minnesota car crash cases caused by reckless a teenage driver. Unfortunately, most of these cases have been seriously tragic, resulting in permanent injuries, traumatic brain injury, and death. In most of the cases, the teenage reckless driving occurred […]
TRAFFIC SLOWS DOWN AT ENTRANCE RAMPS SO MORE RISK OF MULTI CAR CRASHES The Minnesota State Patrol reported a multi vehicle crash yesterday at the Westbound I-94 ramp existing to Highway 241. All involved vehicles were westbound I-94 exiting to Hwy 241. As the vehicles on the ramp were slowing due to a stalled vehicle, the rear-most vehicle, a Nissan […]
HOW TO GET VIDEO CAMERA RECORDING OF ACCIDENT We frequently get calls from people who have been in an auto accident. They have been injured, or their car was damaged, but the insurance company disputes which driver was at fault. If the crash occurred at an intersection, the caller will inevitably ask if our lawyers can get the video recording […]
DON’T DRIVE TOO FAST ON ROAD DURING DEER MATING SEASON A recent article by KEYC in Mankato reminds us that we are just a few weeks away from deer mating season, and at increased risk for deer and vehicle crashes. According to the Department of Public Safety, from 2013 to 2015 there were 15 people killed in deer–vehicle crashes in […]
PARKING LOT CAR CRASHES ARE AMONG MOST FREQUENT According to insurance industry statistics, car crashes 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. However, 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 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 car. The victim was a […]
ACCIDENT SCENE WITNESSES ARE IMPORTANT AND SHOULD COOPERATE In many of the injury cases our lawyers work on, there is a dispute about how the accident happened: 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 […]
