Accident Caused by Cell-Phone Use or Texting

The following information on accidents involving a driver talking on a cell phone or texting is provided by Pritzker | Olsen, a Minnesota law firm with a national reputation. Attorneys at our law firm have been interviewed by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, CBS News, Fox News, KARE-TV, KSTP-TV, WCCO-TV and others. To contact our law firm about an accident involving a driver using a cell phone or texting, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll-free) or submit our free consultation form.

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If you have been in a Minnesota car accident and the other driver was talking on a cell phone or texting, you may have a claim against the driver, the owner of the vehicle and others for the following:

Medical expenses
Lost income
Pain and suffering (includes physical pain, disfigurement, disability and emotional distress)
Cost of care
Other damages

Driver on Cell Phone Accident As personal injury lawyers, we see the harms and losses resulting from unsafe cell phone use and texting. Many of our most seriously injured clients owe their lifetime of disability to a crash that would not have occurred but for this behavior.

We understand cell phone driving bans are controversial and should be carefully considered. We also understand, however, that the death and destruction from the use of these devices while driving continues to escalate.

Minnesota is one of the states that has put some restrictions on cell phone use while driving. Minnesota Statutes, Section 169.443, subdivision 9, was amended to read that a school bus driver may not operate a school bus while communicating over, or otherwise operating a cellular phone for personal reasons when the vehicle is in motion. This restriction applies whether the style of the cell phone is hand held or hands free. This also includes texting.

Minnesota Statutes, Section 171.05 and 171.055 states that provisional license holders and instruction permit holders who are under the age of 18 may not use cell phones when driving.

Text Message Accident Although most Minnesota drivers may communicate on cell phones while driving, other communication with “wireless communication devices” is prohibited under Minnesota Statutes, Section 169.475:

No person may operate a motor vehicle while using a wireless communications device to compose, read, or send an electronic message, when the vehicle is in motion or a part of traffic.

Our law firm supported these measures and continue to advocate for safer roads.

Intersection Accident If you have been in a Minnesota accident and want to understand your legal rights and remedies against the driver of a vehicle, insurance companies, dram shops, vehicle manufacturers and others, contact a Minnesota car accident lawyer at Pritzker | Olsen, P.A. for a free consultation: 1-888-377-8900 (toll free).

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