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.
Verdicts and Settlements
Baby Stroller Hit By Car and Thrown Across Street
Litigation Type - Pedestrian Accidents
Client Injury - Skull Fractures
Fall on Wet Tiles Result in Permanent Injuries
Litigation Type - Slip, Trip and Fall
Client Injury - Leg Injuries
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.
Women Receives Policy Limits After Car Hit from Behind
Litigation Type - Auto Accidents
Client Injury - Back, Shoulder, Leg, Foot
Our client was driving her car in Apple Valley when she stopped at an intersection. While waiting for the traffic to clear, another vehicle slammed into the back of her car. She immediately began to feel back and shoulder pain. A short time later, she began to feel foot and leg pain, which she reported to her doctors. An MRI subsequently revealed a lumbar herniation with lumbar spine degenerative changes. As the pain worsened, her treating doctors decided to perform a minimally invasive laminotomy and foraminotomy. The client could not work for several months while recovering from the surgery. The case settled for the $100,000 limits in insurance coverage.
Friend Goes Off-Road, Flips Truck
Litigation Type - Auto Accidents
Client Injury - Hand
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,
Icy Roads Contribute to Auto Accident
Litigation Type - Car Accidents
Client Injury - Ankle Injury
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.
Electrician Falls 20 Feet On Construction Site
Litigation Type - Construction Accidents
Client Injury - Leg Injuries
Our client was an electrician who was wiring electric fans into the ceiling of a 20 foot high walk-in cooler at a Cub Foods store that was being built. He was walking across the top of the cooler to talk to one of the other workers. The area was poorly lit and our client came across a step ladder lying on the floor. He pushed the ladder aside and fell into an un-barricaded hole. Our client fell approximately 20 feet onto a cement floor, landing on his feet. As a result of the fall, our client's right ankle was fractured, his right hip was fractured and he had fluid on the knee.
Drunk Driver Causes Car Accident With Teen Driver in Anoka, MN
Litigation Type - Drunk Driving Accidents
Client Injury - Neck and Back Injuries
A young Anoka teen practicing for her driver’s test was stopped at a stop when a drunk driver slammed into the rear of the vehicle she was driving. Rather than stop to see if anyone was hurt or render aid, the drunk fled the scene. He was later located by law enforcement. The teen driver hit by the drunk suffered neck and back injuries in the crash.
Insurance Company Attempts to Settle Car Accident Claim Quickly
Litigation Type - Car Accidents
Client Injury - Neck, Back and Shoulder Injuries
A vehicle was traveling the same direction as our client in the lane to her left. That vehicle suddenly attempted to make a right turn right in front of our client, causing a collision and pushing our client's vehicle into a third vehicle. As a result of the double collision, our client received injuries to her neck and back and re-injured her shoulder which she had received treatment for prior to the crash. She ultimately underwent surgery for a tear in her shoulder. Her medical expenses exceeded $55,000.
Experienced Minnesota Slip and Fall Attorney
Litigation Type - Slip, Trip and Fall
Client Injury - Broken Ankle
Our female client entered a well-known area grocery store on a rainy summer evening. As she stepped off of the entry-way mat, she slipped on the polished floor that had become damp from that day's 3,000-plus shoppers. The client suffered a badly broken ankle resulting in medical bills, pain and suffering, and lost time from work. The store denied any responsibility for the accident. However, Bill Bongard proved that the store had violated its own policies for wet floors including not having fans or warning signs in the area. Bill was able to settle the case for $60,000.
Medication Errors caused by Pharmacy Negligence
Litigation Type - Medication Errors
Client Injury - Cancer-like Symptoms, Mental Anguish
Our client, a 52 year-old woman, was diagnosed with a thyroid condition and prescribed medication by her treating physician. She filled her prescription at her local pharmacy but the pharmacy erroneously gave her a cancer drug rather than the thyroid medication. She suffered from symptoms as a result of not taking her prescribed thyroid medication and also suffered pain and a multitude of additional symptoms as a result of taking the cancer drug. Of significant importance, our client suffered mental anguish because she had experienced similar cancer-like symptoms years earlier when she was treated for ovarian cancer.