CAN I MAKE HOMEOWNERS CLAIM IF I WAS BIT BY MY FAMILY’S DOG? The answer to this question depends mostly on whether or not you live in your family’s house.Most homeowners’ insurance policies exclude a claim by one resident of the household against another. However, that does not apply if you do not live at your family’s home. In that […]
WHAT IS AMOUNT OF AVERAGE CAR ACCIDENT INJURY SETTLEMENT? How much can you get for a car accident injury? Simple answer: It depends. The amount of compensation someone gets for a car accident injury settlement depends on three factors: (1) Who was at fault in causing the crash?(2) How bad and life changing are the injuries (including past and future […]
SNOWMOBILE ACCIDENT DRIVER SENTENCED TO PRISON A snowmobile driver was recently sentenced for crashing into a family while they were setting up their fish house. The snowmobile driver was drunk and lost control of the snowmobile. Unfortunately, an 8 year-old boy was killed in the accident.The driver of the snowmobile was sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison. Riding a […]
DISTRACTED BAD DRIVERS IN MN Minnesota recently came out poorly in a study of bad driving. According to online auto insurance marketplace QuoteWizard, our state was 6th worst in its list of bad driving states. We don’t usually think of Minnesota lagging the rest of the country in anything, so this was surprising. How did they make this determination? The […]
Steps to take before and after a car accident Being in a car crash is not only stressful; it can be very expensive. A recent survey reported by Fox News found that two-thirds of respondents who were not at fault for their collisions, still experienced high out-of-pocket expenses.They were often stuck with the cost ofrental cars or repairs beyond insurance […]
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 for this: The police are out in force on New Year’s Eve looking for drunk drivers, and many people try to stay off of the road […]
THIS WEEK IS THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF ROCHLIN LAW FIRM We are very happy to say that this week is 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 […]
DON’T DELAY SHOVELING YOUR SIDEWALK AND DRIVEWAY AFTER SNOWFALL Do you worry about getting sued if someone falls on their property and gets injured?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. Of course, another […]
DON’T SIGN WAIVER FOR FLU SHOT, GO TO CLINIC INSTEAD Many businesses ask their customers to sign a waiver.The purpose 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 customer, rather than the business, should be responsible for.A good example […]
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 just because you fell and were injured on their sidewalk.The […]
