Personal Injury and Wrongful Death

Drunk Driver Personal Injury MN

Drunk driving collisions are some of the most serious injury cases that we get in our law office. That is because when a driver is driving drunk, the speeds and the actions taken tend to be more extreme, causing more extreme injuries.

When someone is arrested for drunk driving he or she will be prosecuted criminally and have his or her license revoked. But that does not mean that the drunk driver will be ordered to pay accident victims compensation for injuries. Compensation for bodily injuries suffered in an accident with an at-fault drunk driver can include pain and suffering, emotional distress, disability, medical expenses, wage loss and other damages.

When you are injured by a drunk driver, you want a competent Minnesota personal injury lawyer to pursue your civil remedies in civil court for you.

Punitive Damages: Making the Drunk Driver Pay
“Penalty” Compensation

Punitive damages are meant to punish someone for bad behavior.  In a drunk driving context, an aggressive litigator can make a motion for punitive damages. If a judge approves that motion, then you may get money above and beyond the regular compensation (called compensatory compensation) discussed above. There is no statutory limit on punitive damages.

Dram Shop Liability: Sue for Money from Bar or Restaurant

For a case involving serious injures caused by an at-fault drunk driver, you need a lawyer to look at dram shop liability, which is the theory of liability that holds bars and restaurants accountable serving the drunk driver alcohol and then watching him or her get into a car, get on the road and hurt someone seriously.

Aggressive Representation

Our attorneys pursue at-fault drunk driver cases aggressively. The insurance company that insures the drunk driver is in the very difficult position of having to defend somebody who knowingly or negligently, and most certainly recklessly, went out, got drunk and then got into a car, had an accident and hurt somebody.

We can, and do, put the screws to the insurance company to resolve the claim fairly and quickly because the last thing the insurance company wants to do is defend a drunk driver.

Video: Attorneys Hold Drunk Drivers Accountable

Our attorneys have appeared on CBS News, Fox News, KARE-TV, KSTP-TV and WCCO-TV. Attorneys Fred Pritzker, Elliot Olsen and Eric Hageman were named "Super Lawyers" for the current year. Attorney Brendan Flaherty was named a "Super Lawyer Rising Star" in 2010 and teaches at the University of Minnesota. Attorney Fred Pritzker is listed in the current edition of The Best Lawyers in America and The Best Lawyers in Minnesota. For a free consultation about a drunk driver accident with a MN wrongful death lawyer, call toll-free at 1-888-377-8900 or submit the firm's online consultation form for review by an attorney.

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Minnesota Motorcycle Accident Lawyer Wins Millions for Motorcycle Passenger

Attorney Fred Pritzker won $6,000,000 for a woman whose right leg was amputated when the motorcycle on which she was a passenger was struck by a drunk driver. Fred filed claims against the drunk driver and a bar under Minnesota's dram shop liability laws.

 

Bicycle Accident Wrongful Death Verdict

Attorneys Fred Pritzker and Eric Hageman won a $2,469,339 verdict in a wrongful death case on behalf of a 52-year-old female bicyclist run over by a right turning tractor-semi-trailer. 

 

AV Preeminent Rating by Martindale-Hubbell

AV Rated Personal Injury AttorneyAttorneys Fred Pritzker and Eric Hageman have been given the highest rating by Martindale-Hubbell for attorney, AV Preeminent. An AV® certification mark is a significant rating accomplishment - a testament to the fact that a lawyer's peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence.

 

Twin Cities Truck Tire Wrongful Death Verdict

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

 

Tow Truck Accident in Beltrami County

Minnesota personal injury attorneys Fred Pritzker and Elliot Olsen obtained a $2,750,000 settlement 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. The accident happened in Bemidji, Minnesota. This was a work injury involving a third party claim.

 

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.

 

Adjunct Teaching Position At U of M Law School

University LogoAttorney Brendan Flaherty has accepted an adjunct teaching position at the University of Minnesota Law School. For the 2011 spring semester, Flaherty will teach a course entitled "Practice and Professionalism," which will introduce students to foundational lawyering skills and professional responsibility issues.

 

Fred Pritzker Listed in The Best Lawyers in America

Fred Pritzker has been notified that he will again be listed in The Best Lawyers in America for his work in personal injury litigation.

 

Minnesota State Patrol Reports

  • SOUTHBOUND TOYOTA PRIUS CROSSED CENTER LINE AND STRUCK NORTHBOUND FORD ESCAPE ON HIGHWAY 15 IN WATONWAN COUNTY. THE NAME OF THE JUVENILE DRIVER OF THE PRIUS WILL NOT BE RELEASED. CRASH CAUSE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE DRIVER OF THE FORD ESCAPE WAS GARY FENRICH OF FAIRMONT, WHO DIED AT THE SCENE.
  • VEHICLE 1 SB ON 35 I, DRIVER DOSED OFF, VEARED INTO MEDIAN, STRUCK MULTIPLE MEDIAN POST ON I35 IN RICE COUNTY. VEHICLE THEN TRAVELED ACROSS SB LANES AND ROLLED 1 COMPLETE TIME INTO SB DITCH. COMING TO REST ON ITS SIDE. INJURED PASSENGERS INCLUDED RODOLFO VEGA, IVAN WALLS AND CARL EDWARDS.
  • A FORD LTG REAR ENDED A HONDA ACCORD ON HIGHWAY 14 IN NICOLLET COUNTY. THE DRIVERS AND TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.
  • A CAB-LESS JOHN DEERE FARM TRACTOR WAS EAST BOUND ON CO 27 WHEN IT WAS REAR-ENDED BY A FORD PICKUP. THE IMPACT EJECTED THE DRIVER OF THE TRACTOR ONTO ROADWAY WHERE HE WAS STRUCK BY A NISSAN PICKUP. ASSISTING WERE: SLEEPY EYE AMBULANCE AND ALLINA AMBULANCE.
 

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