Minnesota Auto Accident

Our Minnesota auto accident attorneys millions for our clients. In the video below, Attorney Eric Hageman discusses a recent case where he and Attorney Fred Pritzker won $2,560,000 in a Minnesota semi truck and auto accident case. Eric explains how he and Fred used accident reconstruction animation to win a recovery in this case where fault was at issue.

Below are some of our top auto accident cases:

1. Auto-Motorcycle Crash- $6,000,000 on behalf of a 26 year-old female passenger whose right leg was amputated when the motorcycle on which she was a passenger was struck by a drunk driver.
2. Product Liability- $3,750,000 on behalf of a 39 year-old man whose left leg was amputated below the knee following injuries sustained in a  vehicle crash caused by a defective control mechanism.
3. Passenger in an Auto Accident – $3,500,000 on behalf of a child who suffered significant brain damage in a multi-vehicle crash. The vehicle in which she was a passenger lost control after attempting to avoid a collision with another vehicle. Her vehicle then crossed the median and collided with two other vehicles.
4. Auto-Truck Accident – $2,850,000 on behalf of the family of a man who was killed when his vehicle was struck by debris from a truck. The man was survived by his wife, two minor children and two adult children from a previous marriage.
5. Truck Accident Wrongful Death- $2,000,000 on behalf of the heirs of a 37 year-old male who was killed when his delivery truck was struck from the rear at high speed by a garbage truck.
6. Truck-Pedestrian Crash- $1,700,000 on behalf of a 42 year-old man who was run over by s semi-tractor as the man stood beside the road while assisting another motorist who crashed in an earlier accident. The victim sustained a number of fractures and internal injuries from which he never fully recovered.
7. Truck-Pedestrian Crash- $1,536,921 on behalf of a 36 year-old man whose wheel chair was struck by a garbage truck as the man tried to cross a busy road. He used a motorized chair due to pre-existing rheumatoid arthritis. The crash resulted in a hip fracture that required surgery and caused the man to lose additional function.
8. Traumatic Brain Injury-( Farm-Implement/Automobile Crash) – $1,225,666 on behalf of a 50 year-old female who suffered a severe traumatic brain injury when the vehicle she was operating was struck by a farm sprayer that failed to stop at a rural intersection.
9. Traumatic Brain Injury- $1,100,000 on behalf of a 26 year-old male whose motorcycle was struck by a left turning automobile operated by a 16 year-old driver.

Previous recoveries do not guarantee similar results, but these cases do provide evidence of the skill and experience that our lawyers will use to represent you and your family.  If you have a complex accident case, we have the resources to represent you, and we don’t get paid unless you win.

Attorney Elliot Olsen in the News

Our Minnesota attorneys are willing to take a case through trial if they do not think a settlement offer is adequate. In a recent case, attorney Elliot Olsen took a case to trial instead of settling for the highest offer the insurance company offered, $10,000. Due to his experience, trial skills and powers of persuasion, Elliot won a $87,441.44 jury verdict for his client, a man who suffered soft-tissue damage and low-back pain. The result of this case was published in Minnesota Lawyer, a legal newspaper. Read the Minnesota Lawyer article on Elliot’s automobile accident jury verdict.

Auto accidents are the most common source of personal injury lawsuits. When involved in an auto accident, there are two types of potential claims that can be made, no-fault claims and liability claims.

No-Fault Auto Accident Claim

Under Minnesota law, all motor vehicle owners must have no-fault coverage as part of their automobile insurance. With no-fault coverage, insurance is provided either by your insurance company or the insurance company of the car in which you were riding, regardless of who was at fault. Benefits of no-fault coverage may include:

• Compensation for wage loss
• Coverage of medical expenses
• Mileage costs
• Replacement of vehicle

Read more about Minnesota no-fault law.

Liability-Based Auto Accident Claim

If the accident in which you were involved was mainly the fault of someone else, you can seek compensation for medical expenses, pain and suffering, loss earnings, disability and other damages. Additionally, the person who caused the accident may also be liable for intentional or reckless conduct. To make a liability-based auto accident claim you must be able to prove four things:

1. To prove the other person was at fault
2. To prove that your injuries are a result of the other person’s actions
3. You must meet at least one of the following criterion:
   • Prove the existence of a permanent scar or disfigurement
   • Sixty or more days of disability (inability to engage in normal activities)
   • $4,000 or more in medical expenses
   • Permanent Injury
4. That you have undergone pain and suffering, emotional distress and/or disability, making you eligible to sue for damages.

Statute of Limitations for a Minnesota Auto Accident Claim

Under Minnesota Statute §541.05 subd. 1 (5) you must make a claim for your injuries within six years of the date of the accident.

Fatal Minnesota Auto Accident

When someone dies in an automobile accident, their spouse and next of kin can recover monetary damages. Under the Minnesota wrongful death statutes, these damages may include:

• Funeral expenses
• Medical expenses
• Potential earnings
• Loss of advice, comfort, assistance, protection, council and society
• Punitive damages

Minnesota automobile accident attorneys at our law firm represent Minnesota automobile victims throughout Minnesota including Minneapolis, St. Paul, Bloomington, Rochester, Duluth, Thief River Falls, Moorhead, Mankato, Wilmar, Alexandria and White Bear Lake.

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