NEW YEARS EVE CAR CRASH – BEWARE BE SAFE Our lawyers have had just a few New Year’s Eve car accident cases over the last 25 years. There are probably at least a couple reasons why there have been so few: The police are out in force on New Year’s Eve looking for drunk drivers, and many people try to […]
THIS WEEK IS THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF ROCHLIN LAW FIRM This week, we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the start of the Rochlin Law Firm. To the memories: Pam Rochlin and David Rochlin had both been lawyers for about 10 years, married but working separately. When the opportunity to start our own firm together came up suddenly, just a […]
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 who […]
DON’T SIGN WAIVER FOR FLU SHOT, GO TO CLINIC INSTEAD Many businesses ask their customers to sign a waiver. Our injury 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 the […]
I SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICY SIDEWALK OUTSIDE OF BUILDING CAN I SUE OWNER? Can you sue the property owner if you slip and fall on their icy sidewalk? 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 […]
HOW TO SUE DRIVER WHO HAS NO CAR ACCIDENT INSURANCE What happens if you are in a car accident and the other car is uninsured? 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 […]
ACCIDENT BACK PAIN INJURY What compensation can you get for back pain from an accident 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 […]
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, we do get parking lot cases from time to time. Most of our car accident cases involve serious […]
GAP INSURANCE FOR CAR ACCIDENT IF VEHICLE TOTALED What if you are in an accident and you owe more on your car than its worth? 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 […]
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 when our client was rear-ended on the ramp when the car behind is looking to merge. In many cases, the other car forgets there is a car […]
