CARS THAT ARE MORE DEADLY The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) recently released its list of the 2020 vehicles with the highest death rates. Not surprisingly, they found that higher-horsepower vehicle and smaller cars were more likely to have fatalities in a crash. Our car accident lawyers represent the families of people killed in these crashes. The overall average […]
FOLLOWING DOCTOR INSTRUCTIONS – IMPORTANT FOR YOUR HEALTH AND YOUR CASE No one has time for health problems. We’re all busy with things to do. When you are injured in an accident, it is even more challenging when it is someone else’s fault. Our lawyers handle car accident cases, slip fall incidents, dog bites, and more. Many of our clients […]
SUMMER CAR ACCIDENT INJURY CASES MOST FREQUENT Our car accident lawyers have handled hundreds of cases over the past 25 years. People often assume winter is our busy time of year. Yes, the roads are slippery in the winter and there are accidents. However, while there are some serious injury car accidents in the winter, there are more in the […]
NEW LAW ALLOWS FAMILY TO RECOVER PAIN COMPENSATION AFTER FATAL INJURY Our lawyers handle many death cases. These are actually called “wrongful death” cases. When someone is killed in an accident, their surviving family has the right to compensation. Compensation for wrongful death has always been limited. Most importantly, there is no claim for what the deceased person has lost. Particularly […]
COMPENSATION FOR CHILD ON BICYCLE HIT BY CAR It’s a parent’s nightmare. You teach your child how to ride a bicycle. You teach them to wear a helmet and be safe. Still, tragedy can strike at any time. Our lawyers represent children hit by a car while riding their bicycle. Most of these cases happen on residential neighborhood roads. Of […]
MARIJUANA LEGAL IN MINNESOTA – WILL THERE BE MORE CAR ACCIDENTS? Minnesota has legalized marijuana for recreational use. (Although, the law has not taken effect yet. Click here to learn more.) We are the 23rd state to do so. There are many good reasons to legalize marijuana. However, does this create new dangers on the road? Our car accident lawyers […]
SERIOUS CAR CRASHES INCREASED DURING COVID A recent article in the Star Tribune reported that car accident serious injuries increased during COVID. Our car accident lawyers have noticed this. Fatalities have also increased. Here is an excerpt of the article: Roads in the Twin Cities metro area became far more dangerous after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Motorists drove […]
RESTITUTION AFTER BEING INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT Some car accident cases involve criminal charges. For example, the driver may be driving without a license or insurance. Likewise, a driver could be drunk or driving recklessly. Those types of cases result in criminal charges against the other driver. Therefore, at some point, the victim will get a form in the mail […]
ATV SAFETY FOR CHILDREN The Star Tribune recently published an editorial about ATV safety for children. Our lawyers handle cases where a child is injured in an ATV accident. The ATV child injury cases we have handed so far have not been life-threatening. However, that has just been luck. A broken arm could easily have been a broken neck. Soon, […]
CAN YOU STILL SUE OTHER DRIVER IF YOU DON’T HAVE CAR INSURANCE? Driving without insurance is risky. You will have no protection if you cause an accident. You may damage or total your car and not be able to recover anything for it. Even worse, you may damage someone else’s car or injure them. They or their insurance can then […]
