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Understanding the Personal Injury Claim Process
A personal injury claim is the legal process for restoring your losses after your body is injured. Unlike property damage claims, (cars and houses), personal injury claims address a person’s physical injuries. You can bring a personal injury claim on three grounds....
Who Is Liable for a Multi-Car Accident?
Hypothetical legal scenarios usually sound fairly straightforward. What happens when X steals from Y? What happens when X physically assaults Y? What happens when X builds a garage that overlaps with Y's property boundary? But in the real world, legal scenarios are...
Product Liability: Holding Companies Accountable for Defective Goods
Product liability. It's the field of law that holds manufacturers and retailers accountable for injury or loss caused by their defective (unreasonably dangerous) products. Product liability lawsuits don't just compensate people who are injured as the result of design,...
What Is a Wrongful Death Lawsuit?
Even if you were very young during mid-nineties, you cannot help but recall the murder trial of O.J. Simpson. We'll spare you the ghastly details in favor of merely pointing out that Simpson was acquitted of both counts of murder in criminal court. The state could not...
Pedestrian Injury Claims: What to Do If You’re Hit by a Car
Approximately 225 pedestrians are killed or injured by vehicle collisions in Minnesota every year. Pedestrians who survive auto accidents commonly suffer severe injuries, including soft tissue damage, broken and fractured bones, traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) and...
What Happens if I Am Injured by an Uninsured Motorist?
As of 2019, United States roadways gave passage to 28 million uninsured drivers. That is one out of eight motorists nationwide. Fortunately for Minnesotans, our state ranks lower than the national average. There were approximately 336,000 uninsured motorists...
What if I Am Injured While at Work?
Private employers reported 2.6 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2021. The National Safety Council reports a higher figure for the same year: almost 4.3 million medically consulted workplace injuries. But the conclusion is the same regardless of...
Minnesota Auto Injuries and Overlapping Insurance – Who Pays What?
I. Damage to your car If the other driver was at fault, the most direct way to get your auto repairs paid is by dealing directly with the other driver’s insurer. Of course, this is only plausible if the other driver was insured. If not, you must look to your...
Personal Injury Claims and the 3 Types of Damages
General, Special and Punitive Damages There are three types of damages in personal injury claims: special, general, and punitive. (General and special damages are often considered together as compensatory damages; meaning damages intended to compensate the...
What Should You Do If a Dog Bites You?
Dogs bite over 4.5 million people in the United States each year, but most of those bites do not require medical attention. However, a dog bite may cause a serious injury. Of the 368,245 people who were admitted to emergency rooms for dog bites in 2001, approximately...