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Our attorneys won $2,560,000 in compensation
for a couple injured in a car accident.

In addition to the case above, our Minnesota car accident attorneys have won millions of dollars for car accident victims. We are not paid unless you win.

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Money Damages beyond No-Fault Limits

To bring a claim for pain and suffering and other damages beyond Minnesota no-fault insurance limits, the injury has to be “serious” as defined in Minnesota law (Minn. Stat., sec. 65B.51(3)):

Medical expenses in excess of $4,000
Permanent injury
Permanent disfigurement
Disability of more than 60 days or
Death

Car Accident Compensation for the Injured Person

If the person who is seriously injured as defined above survives, that person may be entitled to compensation for the following:

Medical expenses
Lost earnings
Impaired potential earning
Cost of care
Pain and suffering

Money damages for pain and suffering resulting from a Minnesota car collision can include the following:

Physical pain
Suffering
Disability
Disfigurement
Embarrassment
Emotional distress

Read more about compensation for pain and suffering.

Compensation for the Spouse of an Injured Person

Under Minnesota law, the spouse of a person seriously injured in an auto accident may have a claim for "loss of consortium," which means the loss of the injured spouse's society, affection, assistance and intimate relations.

Compensation for the Parents of an Injured Child

When a child is seriously injured, the parents may have a claim against the party at fault for the child's medical expenses and the loss of a child's services.

Fatal Car Accident MN Recent Minnesota case law has also recognized a claim by a parent for emotional distress when the parent witnesses the child being seriously injured or killed. This claim is limited to situations where the parent is "in the zone of danger of physical impact," the parent feared for his or her own safety, and the parent had severe emotional distress with attendant physical manifestaions (Engler v. Illinois Farmers Insurance Co., 106 NW2d 746 (Minn. 2005)). In Engler, a mother witnessed a child getting hit by a car. The court's opinion in this case suggests that spouses and others may have a similar claim.

Compensation for Wrongful Death

Wrongful Death Compensation If someone dies in a car accident, the family can sue the parties at fault for compensation. Minnesota law provides some basic MN no-fault survivors' benefits, but compensation in accident death cases can be hundreds of thousands of dollars—even millions of dollars—beyond these basic survivors' benefits.

In all of our accident death cases, we take the time to get to know who the person who died was, what that person meant to the family (both financially and emotionally), what the person’s job was and what future prospects the person may have had, and what the person’s hobbies and other community activities were. We try to get as full a picture as possible of the person’s life because we have to persuasively present evidence as to the value of that life. The process is difficult for the family, but we understand and try to make it part of the healing process and not an additional burden.

Accident death cases in Minnesota are governed by Minnesota Statutes, sec. 573.02 and case law interpreting the statute. Under Minnesota law, families may be entitled to compensation for the following:

Funeral expenses
Medical expenses, past and future
Earnings, past and potential, that the decedent would have provided his loved ones if not for the wrongful death
Loss of advice, care, comfort and companionship the deceased would have provided had he or she lived
Punitive damages, upon clear and convincing evidence that the acts of the defendant showed deliberate disregard for the rights or safety of others.

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Intersection Accident If you have questions about Minnesota car accident compensation, please contact a Minnesota car accident lawyer at PritzkerOlsen, P.A. for a free consultation: 1-888-377-8900 (toll free) or submit our free consultation form.

An attorney from our law firm will meet you at your home, the hospital or at any location that is convenient to you. We represent auto accident victims throughout Minnesota, including the following: Twin Cities, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester, Duluth, Moorhead, Mankato, Brainerd, Bloomington, Eagan, Eden Prarie, Apple Valley, Maple Grove, Edina, Plymouth, Minnetonka, Stillwater, Thief River Falls, Bemidji, Grand Rapids, Austin, Worthington, Woodbury, Maplewood, Golden Valley, Shoreview, Blaine, Anoka, South St. Paul, White Bear Lake, Roseville, St. Cloud, Arden Hills, Brooklyn Park, Forest Lake.

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Motorcycle Accident Lawyer
Wins Millions for Client

Attorney Fred Pritzker won $6,000,000 for a client whose right leg was amputated when the motorcycle on which she was a passenger was struck by a drunk driver. If you have been in an accident with a DUI driver, you may have a cliam against a bar or other place that sells alcohol.

Truck Wheel Accident Death

Our law firm recently won $2,850,000 for a family whose loved one was killed by a truck wheel that crashed through a car windshield. Read about a truck wheel off accident.

Tow Truck Accident

Attorneys Fred Pritzker and Elliot Olsen obtained a $2,750,000 recovery for a 59 year-old truck driver who suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI), the loss of his left eye and significant disfigurement when the tow chain being used to pull the man’s semi tractor-trailer out of a ditch broke loose from a front-end loader to which it was attached.

Semi-Truck Crash Settlement

Pritzker Olsen attorneys Fred Pritzker and Eric Hageman recently obtained a hard-fought $2,560,000 recovery for a couple who were seriously injured in a semi-truck crash. The husband suffered serious head injury (TBI). Read about the semi truck crash settlement.

Our lawyers have recovered millions more for our clients. Contact us for a free consultation about your accident.

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