The Phantom Motorist

Minnesota law protects your right to pursue a claim for injuries that you sustain as a result of a motor vehicle collision with a phantom vehicle. Your recovery is from your own uninsured motorist automobile insurance.

Backing Up Safely

Children are often the victims in vehicle versus pedestrian backing collisions. These tragedies often occur right in our own driveways. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that 2,767 children were victims of reverse/back over injuries between July 2000 and June 2001.

Grieving mom hopes her tragic loss prevents other towing accidents

"This should never have happened"

Kristie Cox kissed goodbye her husband Jeremy and two children as they headed for the library. A couple hours later, life would end as she knew it.

Jeremy and 3-year-old Isabel were killed when an empty flatbed trailer unhitched from an oncoming pickup, crossed the center line and plowed hitch-first through the windshield of the Cox's vehicle.

Safety First

With the downturn in the economy, more drivers are just carrying the state-required minimum insurance coverage or no insurance at all. Therefore, it is crucial that motorcycle drivers have sufficient uninsured (UM), underinsured (UIM) and personal injury protection (PIP) coverage.

Motorcycle Insurance Coverage: Things You Need to Know to Protect Yourself on the Road

It's that time of year again when the motorcycles come out of storage and the enthusiasts hit the road after a long winter. As you get your motorcycle ready for the spring and summer, it's also important to check your insurance coverage to make sure you have adequate protection on your bike.

Flying Objects on Our Highways

A recent incident occurred in Winona when the failure to secure a load of chicken skimmings caused a slippery mess on Winona roads. This mess was found to be the cause of several car accidents. The responsible parties in that case were identified and ticketed for failure to secure a load properly.

No-Contact No-Fault

Under the No-Fault statute, a person suffering injuries arising out of the maintenance or “use of a motor vehicle” has a right to benefits. This would naturally include drivers, passengers and pedestrians injured by motor vehicles. But what if the victim doesn’t fit these categories? What if the person doesn’t even make contact with a motor vehicle? Can there possibly be coverage? The surprising answer is “yes.”

Two SiebenCarey Attorneys Selected "Top Women Attorneys in Minnesota"

SiebenCarey is pleased to announce Susan M. Holden and Shannon C. Carey have been selected as "The Top Women Attorneys in Minnesota". This selection was made from the women who were selected to the 2012 Minnesota Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.

Move Over Law – Protecting our Protectors

In 2000 Minnesota State Patrol Trooper Ted Foss was killed, while conducting a routine traffic stop in southern Minnesota. A semi-truck passing by the scene crashed into his patrol car and the stopped vehicle killing Trooper Foss. He was survived by his wife, Andrea; son, Mitchell, age 5; daughter, Hannah, age 2. Soon after, our Legislature enacted a new law in honor of Trooper Foss.

Jeffrey Montpetit on the Legal Journal

Chris Huberty, host of the Legal Journal on Business 1570, interviewed Jeffrey Montpetit, partner at SiebenCarey about automobile accident injury claims.

Black Ice. Does Cold Weather Make A Difference?

I've always been told to be careful of black ice when it gets really cold. Careful of the slip and slide, especially on bridges when the temperature dips below zero. Well today when I stepped outside it was freezing. I mean really freezing with the mercury at eight below zero. It got me thinking that maybe I should take a look and see if there is really something to this cold weather and black ice rumor. Here's what I found through my early morning research. This kind of feels like a middle school science project but hey, if it helps make things safer for someone then great.

Shannon Carey interviewed on the Legal Journal radio program

Ross Brindle, host of the Legal Journal on Business 1570, interviewed Shannon Carey, attorney at SiebenCarey about medical malpractice claims. Shannon discusses medical malpractice claims, lawyers' duties in pursuing a medical malpractice lawsuit and how to hire a medical malpractice attorney.

Michael Scully discusses workers' compensation laws & benefits on the Legal Journal

Ross Brindle, host of the Legal Journal on Business 1570, interviewed SiebenCarey shareholder Mike Scully about workers' compensation claims and benefits. Mike discussed workers' compensation injury claims, the steps of filing those claims and the issues surrounding injuries on the job.

Drug Compounder Poisons Hundreds with Deadly Fungal Meningitis

Spreading Awareness

As a national public health crisis develops across the country due to an outbreak of fungal meningitis, lawyers in Minnesota have filed a class action against the company that compounded, or mixed, the steroid medication that has sickened 214 and killed 15 people.

At this point, only five cases have been reported in the state, but there could be many more - in Minnesota and elsewhere. According to one report, public health officials have contacted 12,000 of the roughly 14,000 people who received the steroid shots at clinics in 23 states.

Lakeville attorney recognized for excellence in practice

"In today's day an age, I think specializing helps," he said. "And I specialize in helping injury victims."

Lakeville-based attorney Art Kosieradzki has been selected by "Super Lawyers" magazine for recognition in 2011. Only 5 percent of lawyers in the state of Minnesota are named to this list each year. Kosieradzki is a partner at SiebenCarey in Lakeville, where he manages the location.

"Super Lawyers" is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. It is published as a special supplement in several publications including Super Lawyers.

He sits on the Million Dollar Roundtable, a recognition given only to lawyers who have won million-dollar-plus verdicts, and the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, a national merit organization consisting of about 700 of the nation's most accomplished attorneys.

Given his record of winning large-figured verdicts might cause some to believe his work is all about money, but hearing him talk about his involvement in the lives of those he is helping legally could leave one with an entirely different impression.

When It's Time to Let Go of Law

Fred Soucie knew what to do: Call Tex

Veteran personal injury attorney Fred Soucie, the Anoka lawyer who is familiar to fellow trial lawyers as well as billboard-watching drivers along Hwy. 10, recently decided it was time to let someone else take his cases.

Woman Recovers $48,137 for Dog Bite

"I thought this case was notable because of her and her courage."

A woman received a bench verdict of $48,137 in Hennepin County District Court for injuries she sustained when, at the age of 80, she was bit by a dog.

Weighing negligence and risk

The Minnesota Supreme Court put the brakes on a defendant's argument that the doctrine of primary assumption of risk should relieve him of liability for negligent operation of a snowmobile.

That April 25 ruling in Daly v. McFarland stems from a lawsuit regarding a January 2007 accident. Christopher Daly and Zachary McFarland were riding when McFarland's snowmobile hit a drift and became airborne. He pushed his snowmobile away from his body to avoid injury, and it collided with Daly's sled. Daly fell off and was injured.

Attorney with roots in Fairfax named among Top Women Attorneys in Minnesota

Fairfax native Shannon Carey was selected as one of the top women attorneys in Minnesota.

Carey graduated from University of St. Thomas in 1996 and obtained her law degree from  William Mitchell College. Carey was pleased to receive the honor. "I was very humbled to be recognized with women I look up to everyday," she said.

In Depth: Million Dollar Call

Hopeful a lawsuit will get people to rethink their habits using cell phones while driving.

Driver distraction is now a leading factor in Minnesota car crashes. The Minnesota Safety Council estimates that at least 70 people die every year and another 350 are injured due to distraction. Using a cell phone is one of the worst. An insurance industry study found drivers are four times more likely to get into an accident when they're on the phone.