Killed in a Head-On Collision Attorney MN
Our attorneys have a national reputation and have been interviewed by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Lawyers USA and others. They have won millions for the families of people killed in accidents, including a recent settlement of $2.8 million. To contact Pritzker Olsen attorneys about your loved one killed in a head-on collision in Minnesota, please call 1-888-377-8900 or submit our online form for a free consultation.
Under Minnesota law, there is a presumption of negligence on the part of anyone who does one of the following:
- Crosses the median and hits another vehicle head on
- Moves into the wrong lane and hits another vehicle head on
- Goes the wrong way on a one way street and has a head-on collision
- Goes the wrong way on a freeway ramp and collides with another vehicle
Our experience is that the at-fault driver in a head-on collision was distracted, drunk or asleep. If the driver was drunk, our lawyers investigate to determine if there is a dram shop claim. Under the Minnesota dram shop liability statute, a bar can be sued if the at-fault driver in a head on collision was drunk and had been drinking at the bar:
A spouse, child, parent, guardian, employer, or other person injured in person, property, or means of support, or who incurs other pecuniary loss by an intoxicated person or by the intoxication of another person, has a right of action in the person’s own name for all damages sustained against a person who caused the intoxication of that person by illegally selling alcoholic beverages (Minnesota Statutes, Section 340.801, Subdivision 1).
Head-On Collision Wrongful Death Claim
In Minnesota, wrongful death claims are governed by Minnesota Statutes, section 573.02. According to the statute:
When death is caused by the wrongful act or omission of any person or corporation, the trustee appointed as provided in subdivision 3 [the trustee represents the surviving spouse and the next of kin] may maintain an action therefor if the decedent might have maintained an action, had the decedent lived, for an injury caused by the wrongful act or omission.
Minnesota Statutes, section 573, governs wrongful death cases in Minnesota. Under the statute, a decedent’s spouse and next of kin can sue for wrongful death, but damages are limited to financial loss resulting from the death, including:
- Funeral expenses
- Medical expenses
- Potential earnings
- Loss of advice, comfort, assistance, protection, counsel and society
- Punitive damages upon clear and convincing evidence that the acts of the defendant show deliberate disregard for the rights or safety of others.
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