Individuals who have been in a car accident may wonder whether they are entitled to receive compensation for their personal injuries in an accident. It is important to remember that Minnesota uses the 51 percent bar rule when determining whether parties are entitled to receive compensation for their personal injuries. This means that if youRead More
Six people were killed in the last week on icy Minnesota roads. A three-car pile-up killed one person on I-94, when one vehicle spun out of control on the icy roadway.
Imagine this scenario. A woman is driving a car in which her husband is a passenger. She reaches a 4-way stop, but fails to stop at the stop sign. Another driver, also arrives at the same 4-way stop and fails to stop as well. The cars collide and the husband is critically injured in theRead More
On November 11, 2014, an accident between a Minnesota State Trooper and Rogers police officer was caught on camera. Both officers were responding to a jackknifed semi-truck when yet another semi-truck hit both of the vehicles. The road was covered in ice at the time of the accident. Both officers were not seriously injured, thoughRead More
An accident that took place on a highway exit ramp a few hours before the Redskins’ game against the Minnesota Vikings left one player injured and the coach, Jay Gruden injured with whiplash.
Take a look at the accident reports provided by the Minnesota State Patrol and you’ll start to see a pattern. A driver overcorrects and rolls into a ditch, another driver drifts out of his or her lane and loses control of the vehicle when he or she tries to correct the error.
On October 16, 2014, two vehicles collided while going westbound on Highway 10. Gene Schimmele of Baxter, Minnesota, who is 58 years old, suffered non-life threatening injuries as a result of the accident. The name of the person killed has not been released in order to give law enforcement time to contact the family. TheRead More
According to CBS Minnesota, a 55-year old Crosby man was recently killed when his vehicle rolled over in Aitkin, Minnesota. The accident took place on highway 169. The man was driving a Chevy Silverado and was carrying one passenger who sustained non-life-threatening injuries. While the Minnesota State Patrol investigates the crash to determine its causes,Read More
U.S. Highway 8 runs east-west, connecting Interstate 35 in Forest Lake, Minnesota to U.S. 2 in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The highway extends as far down as Minneapolis and is touted as connecting the city to the countryside. Yet, Fox News 9 recently reported that the last 22 miles of the highway are particularlyRead More
On Sunday, September 14, a tragic crash in Minnesota left two people dead and four injured. Of the four people injured, two were children.