Three teens were traveling home on a dark, gravel road. The driver was going too fast and lost control of the vehicle on a curve. Due to her inexperience, she hit the gas rather than the brake. The car went off the road and hit a tree. Our client's son was killed as a result of the accident and another passenger was severely injured and was in a coma. The driver was not seriously injured.
Verdicts and Settlements
Driver Inexperience Causes Fatal Crash
Litigation Type - Wrongful Death Accidents
Client Injury - Death
Rear-end Car Accident Causes Severe Injuries
Litigation Type - Car Accidents
Client Injury - Back Injury
What would otherwise seem like a typical rear-end accident was life-changing for one gentleman who will never again be the same. While stopped at a red light, this man was rear-ended while a passenger in his son's van. He received a severe back injury with nerve impingement and ultimately ended in a surgical fusion repair of his low back.
Snow Covered Roads And Highway Speeds Lead To Significant Accident
Litigation Type - Car Accidents
Client Injury - Back and Neck Injuries
Our client was driving through an intersection on a green light when his vehicle was hit by a car coming off the highway ramp at highway speed. That vehicle ran a red light and struck our client’s vehicle on the driver’s side and pushed the car across the intersection, breaking the front wheel off.
A Pandemic Summer Boating Cruise Gone Wrong
Litigation Type - Boating Accidents
Client Injury - Back Injuries
Our client was a passenger on a boat when the boat was involved in a high speed collision with another boat on Lake Minnetonka. She suffered serious injuries from the boat accident and Jeffrey Sieben settled her case for $130,000.
Car Accident Causes Anniversary Celebration To Be Cancelled
Litigation Type - Car Accidents
Client Injury - Neck Injury
Our client was making a left turn from a freeway exit. The light for cars turning on the exit ramp turned green and the first car in line made its turn. The second car started to go then stopped, our client was in the 3rd car and he stopped also and was hit from behind twice.
Injury Victim Hires Cory Whalen For Premises Liability Claim
Litigation Type - Slip, Trip and Fall
Client Injury - Post-concussive headaches
After being driven to his knees when a heavy object fell from a department store wall and struck him in the head, this Plaintiff hired Cory Whalen to pursue the store for medical and wage loss damages.
Young Woman is Broad-sided by Inattentive Driver
Litigation Type - Car Accidents
Client Injury - Facial Lacerations, Head and Leg Injuries
A young woman was injured when a man in a pick up truck ran a red light and T-boned her car, directly in to the driver-side door. She lost consciousness and her head hit the side window hard enough to shatter it. She was taken to the emergency room with severe injuries, including head, chest, jaw, hip, knee and foot injuries. She had lacerations along the left side of her face.
Icy Roads Cause Multiple Crashes
Litigation Type - Car Accidents
Client Injury - Head and Neck Injuries
The Christmas Eve that hosted this accident was anything but silent and calm. Icy roads produced treacherous driving conditions and a semi overturned in the middle of the freeway. Our client and her fiancee, behind the semi, managed to stop before striking the semi. Multiple other vehicles veered into the ditch to avoid him. However, our client's vehicle was struck while stopped, first by a car that came around the bend and was unable to stop and then by a second semi that slid on the icy roads and crashed in to our client's vehicle.
Dog Bites Boy in the Face and Causes Permanent Scaring
Litigation Type - Dog Bites
Client Injury - Facial Disfigurement
A two-year old boy was unfortunate enough to encounter the nasty side of his neighbor's dog when it bit him in the face. The dog's teeth hooked just under the young boy's eye and along the side of his mouth, resulting in multiple stitches and permanent scarring.
Minnesota Car Accident Attorney Settles Injury Claim
Litigation Type - Car Accidents
Client Injury - Ankle Injury
A young woman sustained permanent ankle injuries when involved in a motor vehicle accident in 2005. Seven years after the accident date, her attorney eventually sought out Cory Whalen to take over representation for her case.