The term “personal injury” covers a wide swath of losses, from car accidents and motorcycle accident injuries to medical malpractice and wrongful death. If you’ve been injured in an accident and are considering bringing forth a personal injury claim, you may be unsure what legal action may be available to you.
When in doubt about your rights to legal support, contact a personal injury lawyer in Woodbury. Our team can assess the circumstances that led to your accident and may be able to recommend appropriate legal action. We may even be able to represent your best interests as you fight for the compensation you need to restore your previous quality of life.
While “personal injury” covers a broad category of cases, so do our personal injury lawyers. This means that we may be able to address cases that cover the following accidents:
Motorists and rideshare drivers owe you a duty of care when they take to the road. This means that all drivers must take reasonable action to protect you from harm. As such, any driver accused of violating Minnesota’s roadway laws or deliberately endangering another person should be held accountable for a survivor’s losses in civil court.
Premises liability complaints address accidents endured on someone else’s property. You can fill one of three roles on someone else’s Minnesota land: invitee, licensee, or trespasser. Invitees and licensees are entitled to a duty of care while on another person’s property, meaning they can hold a landowner liable for their injuries in the face of an accident.
Even trespassers in Minnesota are entitled to some protections in the face of an accident. Landowners may not take violent action against a trespasser unless they want to be held liable for the trespasser’s injuries. Landowners with attractive nuisances on their land are also required to keep their land as safe as possible, even for trespassers.
The attractive nuisance doctrine indicates that any trespasser under the age of 14 deserves a duty of care equivalent to that of an invitee or licensee. This means that the parents of a minor may be able to take legal action against a landowner if their child is injured on that party’s property.
Medical malpractice claims, as subsets of personal injury claims, cover negligence and deliberate medical mistreatment. You may be able to take action against a medical professional’s institution if you faced medical complications as a result of negligence or wrongdoing. Our Woodbury personal injury attorneys may be able to work out the details of your case during an initial consultation.
Minnesota Statutes §347.22 states that victims of dog bites have the right to take a dog’s owner to civil court for damages. Dogs in Minnesota are considered the property of their owners, making their owners accountable for their poor behavior. This is the case even if the dog’s owner is unaware of the dog’s mischievous or violent personality.
Truck drivers throughout Minnesota are in charge of some of the largest vehicles on the road. Without the proper training, these drivers can lose control of their vehicles and endanger everyone around them. Negligent drivers can do the same thing.
That said, holding someone accountable for a truck accident isn’t always easy. Independent contractors are often responsible for someone else’s losses in the wake of a truck accident. However, truck drivers who are full-time employees of a larger corporation may have that corporation backing them if you try to take them to court.
You don’t have to be intimidated by a trucking agency’s legal team. Our attorneys have served southern Minnesota since 1992. We can stand with you as you negotiate for a settlement or bring your truck accident claim before a civil judge.
Property owners, pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, and all other parties have a responsibility to look out for your well-being. Those parties that don’t, can compromise your safety – and violate the duty of care owed to you. Slip & fall accidents may seem like the least severe of the accidents you might get into, but their consequences can be dangerous.
Our personal injury lawyers address slip & fall accidents independently and as a subset of larger cases, including bicycle accidents and premises liability cases. We can address your medical losses as well as any minor property damage you may have endured during your accident. We do this by bringing forward evidence indicating that negligence resulted in the conditions that led to your slip & fall.
Minnesota’s personal injury statute of limitation applies to all of the above cases. So long as you file your complaint within the two-year timeline established by Minnesota Statutes §541.07, you may be able to request compensation for your losses. This compensation can cover a wide array of losses, including your:
You can calculate the value of a personal injury accident and subsequent settlement with our attorneys. Learn more about the value of our previous cases by reading through our case results.
Categorizing your personal injury case doesn’t always feel easy. Fortunately, the legislation in place designed to address Minnesota personal injuries keeps your needs in mind. In the wake of an accident, you can collaborate with a Woodbury personal injury attorney to discuss how you can work within the civil system to secure financial support based on your losses.
Do you have questions about your right to a personal injury settlement? Let Knutson + Casey give you a hand. Contact us online or over the phone at (507) 344-8888, and we can discuss how best to take your case to court.