Our client was involved in a chain reaction accident on a freeway. The accident was caused by an uninsured driver that pulled out on to the freeway after having stopped on the shoulder. That vehicle was hit by a passing car while he was trying to merge. Our client and the car ahead of him were slowing to avoid the collision ahead of them and our client was rear-ended by a semi truck and was instantly killed.
Verdicts and Settlements
Chain Reaction Causes Automobile Accident Death
Litigation Type - Semi Truck Accidents
Client Injury - Death

Semi-truck accident causes lifetime disability
Litigation Type - Semi Truck Accidents
Client Injury - Concussion, Brain Injury, Broken Hand
Our client was traveling northbound on Highway 65. A semi hauling a load of lumber was traveling eastbound on 221st Street in East Bethel, Minnesota. Highway 65 is a divided highway. The semi truck driver had a stop sign and there is a yield sign in between the lanes of Highway 65. The truck driver didn't see our client coming down the highway so he pulled out. Our client struck the semi tractor and became embedded under the truck. Our client was transported by helicopter to HCMC and was in a coma for 10 days. His injuries included a concussion, brain injury, broken jaw, broken left hand and fractured cheek bone. He spent almost a month in a rehabilitation center after he was released from the hospital. Our client was disabled and was unable to work after the accident ever again.

Defective Machine Part Causes Severe Injuries
Litigation Type - Product Liability
Client Injury - Severe Injuries
The failure of machine part caused one worker to sustain on the job injuries. When his entire lifestyle changed as a result of his injuries, the worker hired SiebenCarey to pursue a personal injury claim on his behalf. A five-year battle was finally resolved when Cory Whalen obtained a $900,000 recovery from the at-fault defendant.

Snowmobiler Hits Guy Wire
Litigation Type - Snowmobile Accidents
Client Injury - Spinal Fracture
It was night when our client was suddenly knocked off his snowmobile by a utility pole guy wire he never saw coming. He was on a groomed trail along a state highway that ran between the utility pole and the guy wire. The utility company knew about the trail and admitted that the wire should have been retro-reflective to allow riders to see it at night. Our client sustained a thoracic spine fracture, resulting in partial paralysis.

Construction site accident litigation successful
Litigation Type - Construction Accidents
Client Injury - Permanent Visual, Dental, Orthopedic, and Neurologic Injuries
Our client was performing general masonry clean up on the third floor of the Science Museum project in St. Paul. She fell 30 feet through a hole in the floor. She suffered serious and permanent visual, dental, orthopedic, and neurologic injuries. She underwent plastic and reconstructive surgeries and suffered both mental and emotional damages.

Press Operator Loses 4 Fingers Due to Defective Design
Litigation Type - Product Liability
Client Injury - Finger Amputation
Our client, a 23 year old temp worker, was operating a Heim press. He placed the piece of metal in the press, manually activated the press and after it cycled, reached in with his right hand to remove the piece of metal. The press automatically cycled, catching our client's hand, crushing it and causing an amputation of four fingers on that hand.

Underinsured driver causes serious car accident injuries
Litigation Type - Car Accidents
Client Injury - Smashed Knee, Femur, and Hip Bone
An injured bricklayer who sued his insurance company for underinsured motorist benefits won his case in Dakota County District Court and walked away with a much larger verdict than he asked for. A Dakota County jury awarded the Park Rapids man a $793,000 verdict against American Family Insurance Company after he smashed his knee, femur and hipbone in a car accident.

Independent contractors injured on construction site when porch collapsed
Litigation Type - Construction Accidents
Client Injury - Severe Injuries
A father and son were independent contractors on their first day at a new job site applying siding to a single-family home. Part of the home was too tall for their ladder to reach so they had to place it on the second floor balcony. The father was holding the ladder for his son, who was applying the siding. As they were working, the porch detached from the house and fell to the ground, taking the father with it and leaving his son clinging for life on the roof of the home. The father suffered life-threatening injuries because of the fall and was put into a medically-induced coma.

Client Falls from Moving Side-by-Side Vehicle
Litigation Type - ATV Accidents
Client Injury - Brain
Our client was riding with friends in a small motorized side-by-side vehicle. The client fell off the vehicle and sustained a closed head injury. As a result, our client continues to deal with the effects of a head injury and must consider different employment opportunities.

Significant Injuries in T-Bone Crash
Litigation Type - Auto Accidents
Client Injury - Degloving Left Forearm
While driving northbound on Highway 21 near Glenwood, Minn., our client's vehicle was struck broadside by a driver who failed to yield struck our client's vehicle broadside. She was airlifted to the Twin Cities with severe injuries to her left arm and lacerations to her head. Advanced trauma services were required to repair the skin torn from the left forearm.

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