A Hastings teenager stopped to change a flat tire for a stranded motorist on the narrow median shoulder on Interstate 94 just east of the Mississippi River. Trying to avoid a traffic backup, the defendant pulled into the median area and hit the back of the stranded Ford Explorer. The defendant's car landed on our client. Numerous motorists stopped and pulled the defendant's car off our client. He died from his injuries a day later.
Verdicts and Settlements
Good Samaritan Killed Helping Others
Litigation Type - Car Accidents
Client Injury - Death
Car Crash into Sign
Litigation Type - Auto Accidents
Client Injury - Neck
Our client was a passenger in a vehicle driven by a friend. The driver overcompensated while making a left turn on a gravel road and lost control, and smashed into a concrete sign. Our client sustained a displaced cervical fracture requiring surgical intervention. After months of recovery, our client was able to get back to full function. The case settled for the $100,000 liability limits and the $50,000 underinsured limits.
Icy Roads Cause Serious Car Accident
Litigation Type - Car Accidents
Client Injury - Neck Injury
Icy roads caused a collision for our client. Our client and her husband were traveling to Colorado to spend time at Christmas with relatives. She was a passenger in a vehicle at the time of a side impact collision to the passenger side. Her case was ultimately a battle with her own insurance company that required Jeffrey Sieben to take this case to court because she was offered only $15,000 to settle the case prior to her trial.
School bus driver involved in deadly accident
Litigation Type - Bus Accidents
Client Injury - Physical Injuries and Emotional Stress
Our client was a school bus driver who was involved in a very tragic accident. A 16 year old boy lost control of his vehicle and crossed into the bus's lane of traffic. After first hitting a pick-up truck, the boy's vehicle was directly in front of our client's school bus and he had no option to avoid the collision. As a result, the school bus broadsided the boy's vehicle. The 16 year old driver was killed in the accident and his 15 year old brother was severely injured.
Off Duty Police Officer Injured in Car Accident
Litigation Type - Car Accidents
Client Injury - Back Injury
Our client was a 38 year old police officer who was off-duty when his vehicle was rear-ended at a high speed. There was significant property damage to both of the vehicles involved in the collision. Our client received back injuries.
Cory Whalen Represents Woman Injured at Wedding Reception
Litigation Type - Other Accidents
Client Injury - Vertical Laceration along Throat
Everyone wants their wedding reception to be memorable and exciting. Opportunities for unique entertainment open up when one hosts their own wedding reception at a private residence. However, one would-be form of entertainment turned dangerous when two men filled a freezer full of explosives and shot it with a rifle. The freezer exploded but the wedding crowd was much too close. The mens' antics caused a severe injury when a young woman, a guest at the reception, was caught in the throat by a piece of flying shrapnel.
Speeding Semi Truck Causes Serious Accident
Litigation Type - Semi Truck Accidents
Client Injury - Neck, Back and Hip Injuries
A semi truck barreling down the highway was passed by a state trooper who clocked him speeding. The trooper slowed to turn around to pursue the truck and witnessed the truck go around a corner too fast, cross the center line with the trailer and hit our client's minivan. Our client's minivan was knocked off the road and our client received significant neck, low back and left leg injuries.
Premises Liability Claim Again Hotel for Faulty Ceiling
Litigation Type - Slip, Trip and Fall
Client Injury - Nerve damage
Our client from California was in his Minneapolis hotel room after a long day attending a work conference. He was taking a shower when a large panel fell from the ceiling of the shower and hit our client in the face, very near his right eye. The incident was reported to the front desk and a maintenance engineer came to his room but was unable to reinstall the panel.
Victim of Icy Minnesota Roads Involved in Unavoidable Car Crash
Litigation Type - Car Accidents
Client Injury - Facial Injuries, Broken bones and Traumatic Brain Injury
Our client watched in dismay as a vehicle suddenly crossed the center line on icy roads directly in front of his vehicle. With nowhere to go, the two vehicles collided head-on. Our client sustained severe injuries, including facial injuries, a broken arm, fractured ribs and a fractured spine. He also sustained head injuries, complete with a mild traumatic brain injury.
Head-on Car Accident Injures Young Woman
Litigation Type - Car Accidents
Client Injury - Broken Arm
A young woman and her boyfriend were driving one summer evening to a campground. Without warning, a driver heading the opposite direction crossed the center line. The boyfriend tried to swerve to avoid the collision but their vehicle was hit head-on.