Our client was traveling on France Avenue in Edina when another vehicle ran a red light and smashed into her car. As a result of the accident, she sustained a closed fracture of the distal end of the left radius that required an open reduction surgery with internal fixation. There was no wage loss, and the case settled in six months for the policy limits of $100,000.

This case involved a young man riding in a friend's truck. The friend decided to take the truck off-road and flipped it. As a result of the incident, which occurred in Farmington, Minn., our client suffered a right small finger PIP joint intra-articular fracture/dislocation and a right finger displaced proximal phalanx fracture. The fracture required an open reduction internal fixation. In other words, he broke two fingers on his hand that required surgery,

Our client was working for the Ramsey County Construction Department driving a "peanut roller." It is a large machine, yellow in color, with two round drums that are driven over freshly laid asphalt to help flatten and smooth the asphalt. Our client was operating the peanut roller at an intersection in Roseville. In addition to the yellow peanut roller, our client was wearing a fluorescent yellow safety vest and there were numerous orange cones, other construction equipment and a flashing yellow sign in the area.

Our client was attending races at a local racetrack and left his clubhouse seat to use the restroom. He uses an electric scooter and once inside the restroom, parked the scooter near the handicapped stall, got off and slipped on liquid on the floor. He landed on the tile floor. He was taken by ambulance to the hospital and spent 6 weeks in a rehab center.

Our client was involved in a motor vehicle accident in Hugo, MN.  He was stopped in traffic waiting to make a left turn into a pizza restaurant parking lot when he was rear-ended. Even though he was wearing his seat belt, the force of the impact was so hard that it broke his seat belt and he was thrown into the rear seat of his vehicle.

Our client's vehicle was slammed into by a criminal who had stolen another vehicle and was involved in a high speed chase with police. Our client was t-boned in a Minneapolis intersection and his car was spun around several times. He had to be extricated from the vehicle by emergency personnel. He was transported to HCMC by ambulance from the scene. Our client received significant injuries as a result of this crash.

Our client was jogging and pushing her 11 month old daughter in a stroller in a roundabout near downtown Lakeville, MN. As they were crossing one traffic lane, a negligent driver hit the stroller and ripped it from the mother’s hands. The stroller was thrown 30-40 feet down the road bouncing end over end and landed on its wheels. Amazingly the baby remained strapped inside the stroller but received two skull fractures and a concussion. She was rushed to Children’s Hospital and treated there.

Our client vacationing in Sun City, AZ. She was a passenger in a golf cart driven by her friend. For some unknown reason, the driver of the golf cart swerved and caused our client to fall out of the golf cart. She was knocked unconscious in the road and was taken by ambulance to a local hospital for treatment of traumatic brain injuries.

Our client was driving his motorcycle down a country road following a tractor pulling a hay wagon. The tractor, which was half on the right shoulder to allow vehicles to pass, made a left turn into his driveway as our client was alongside the tractor to pass. Our client veered away from the tractor and avoided a collision but crashed into the ditch and received a severe closed head injury. He was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.

Our client was riding with a friend. The roads were icy and their car slid into the back of a car stopped for a stop sign. Our client put her feet on the dashboard to brace for the impact. As a result, she fractured her right ankle and had surgery to insert a plate & screws into her ankle.