Our client, a 53-year-old independent truck driver, was delivering steel tubing to a large warehouse. While waiting at the loading dock, he hopped out of his truck and offered to help another trucker with his load. Several piles of steel tubing had already been unloaded and were stacked nearby. Suddenly there was a loud rumble as one of the stacks of steel tubing gave way and came tumbling toward our client.

Our client underwent a hydrothermal ablation by the Boston Scientific Method to address abnormal uterine bleeding. During the procedure the uterus most likely sustained a thermal injury that caused perforation of the uterus and colon.

A construction worker was exposed to asbestos for many years.  He breathed asbestos dust while working on construction sites and developed lung cancer that took his life.

Cory Whalen represented the heirs and next-of-kin of a 47 year old woman with downs syndrome who was killed in a car crash.  She worked at a licensed daycare training and rehabilitation program that served adults with intellectual disabilities or related conditions such as cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism or traumatic brain injuries.  She used their transportation bus to get around. At the time of the accident she was riding the bus home from work.  There were 7 other passengers on the bus that afternoon.

We represented the family of a female detainee for various claims against the Waseca County Jail.  The female detainee was taken into custody following a probation violation whereupon she was taken to the jail.  She was placed in a “holding room” and simply held there until she could be transferred to a female facility.  She was not booked, screened or evaluated by jail staff or jail medical staff at any time, nor did they take her shoe laces. 

Our client was driving a semi-truck on a Minnesota highway when he was rear-ended by another semi carrying a 33-ton load. The impact severely wrenched our client's right shoulder which resulted in permanent damage. Our client returned to work but was eventually forced to quit because he could not help load or unload his truck. While he eventually found another truck driving position, he suffered a cut in pay because his injuries restrict what he can do.

Our client was a young woman who was a passenger in a car involved in a single-vehicle accident. Her primary injury was a skull fracture. While she was being treated in the hospital, she became light and noise sensitive and began complaining of severe headaches which worsened. Two days later she became comatose and died. The autopsy determined that her death was the result of meningitis which was never diagnosed by her treating physicians.

Our client was a passenger in a vehicle pulling a trailer and was rear-ended at night on the Interstate. Although our client’s vehicle was traveling at highway speed, the vehicle approaching from the rear was traveling 6 mph over the speed limit, too fast for the dark conditions, and was not paying attention. That driver slammed into the back of the trailer, caused the trailer to separate from the truck pulling it.

A minor child sustained pelvic injuries while a passenger on her friend's go-cart. The driver lost control of the go-cart and struck a tree on the side of the go-cart that our client was sitting on.

Our client was out for a nice Sunday drive on his motorcycle when an elderly gentleman made an illegal u-turn, striking the motorcycle and knocking the rider to the ground. Our client suffered a broken hip, knee and ankle that resulted in two orthopedic surgeries, a week in the hospital and a lifetime of pain and disability.