The Role of Black Box Data in Minnesota Truck Accident Cases
According to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, there were nearly 5,000 truck crashes reported in the state in 2022, resulting in over 1,200 injuries and 65 fatalities. Truck accidents can be particularly dangerous due to the size and scale of the vehicles involved, but what causes these accidents isn’t always immediately evident. Trucking companies…
Read MoreThe Long-Term Effects of a Brain Injury
According to the Minnesota Department of Health, over 100,000 Minnesotans are currently living with traumatic brain injury-related disabilities. Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) have the ability to change a person’s life in an instant, but far too many Minnesotans are unaware of the laundry list of risks associated with these medical events. Whether caused by a…
Read MoreDealing with Whiplash Injuries After a Car Crash
A quiet Minnesota side street, a sudden rear‑end jolt, and your neck snaps forward like a whip. The collision seems minor, yet tingling climbs your shoulders before the ambulance even arrives. That fleeting moment launches a complicated medical and legal journey. Whiplash occurs when a car accident or a truck accident forces the cervical spine…
Read MoreHow Social Media Can Hurt Your Personal Injury Case
Even in the back of an ambulance, many Minnesotans reflexively reach for their phones. Sharing an update feels normal, even comforting. Yet that instinct may cost thousands of dollars when the insurance company reviews every word, photo, and emoji that you publish. From the moment you assert a personal injury claim, opposing counsel begins scraping…
Read MoreHow Sleep Deprivation Affects Truck Driver Liability
Night miles on I‑94 tick by, and eyelids grow heavy. One micro‑snooze can send an 80,000‑pound tractor‑trailer across lanes, leaving crushed cars and injuries. Fatigued driving ranks with alcohol and speeding as a top crash trigger, yet it slips past roadblocks and breath tests. Why lack of sleep cripples reaction time Research shows that seventeen…
Read MoreDog Bite Liability in Minnesota
An unexpected encounter with an aggressive dog can leave a person bleeding, shaken, and facing hefty medical bills. Minnesota spares victims a negligence battle by imposing strict liability on owners under Section 347.22 of the Minnesota Statutes. If a dog injures someone peaceably present, the owner pays. This strict liability rule means proof of the…
Read MoreJustice for the Injured
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Read MoreGetting Your Teen Ready to Drive
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for U.S. teens according to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). A study in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, teens have a “It can’t happen to me” attitude. They believe that they are better than their parents at multi-tasking while driving; that if…
Read MoreHow to Talk to Elderly Parents About Driving
According to a Carnegie Mellon University study, the fatality rate for drivers 85 and over is four times higher than it is for teenagers, who are usually pegged as our most reckless drivers. In most of those cases in this motor vehicle accident study, the elderly driver told police that he or she confused the…
Read More6 Ways to Avoid Road Rage
Road Rage is defined in Webster’s dictionary as: a motorist’s uncontrolled anger that is usually provoked by another motorist’s irritating act and is expressed in aggressive or violent behavior. Here are 6 ways to avoid the sometimes deadly consequences of road rage. 1. Don’t Make Eye Contact Studies show that many road rage incidents occur when…
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