Minnesota Truck Accident Law

The following information on Minnesota truck accident law is provided by Pritzker | Olsen, P.A., a premier Minnesota personal injury law firm. The firm has a national reputation and has been interviewed by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other publications. In recognition of their achievements, Fred Pritzker, Elliot Olsen and Eric Hageman have been named "Super Lawyers” by Law & Politics magazine. To contact the firm, please call toll-free at 1-888-377-8900 or submit the firm's online consultation form.

Minnesota Truck Accident Law Case Study - Defendents in a Minnesota Truck Accident Lawsuit

Semi Truck Accident Injuries and wrongful death related to a workplace injury can involve both workers’ compensation and civil damages under traditional tort law. An example of this is a case involving the death of an employee who was crushed between two commercial vehicles, one owned by his employer and one owned by a third party corporation.

In this case study, a delivery company employee is operating a tractor-trailer owned by the delivery company when he backs it against a stationary trailer owned by another company ("Company 2"). While doing this, the delivery company employee crushes an employee of Company 2 between the two trailers. The employee of Company 2 dies.

The defendants (people being sued) in the wrongful death lawsuit that would be filed by the deceased employee's family would include: the delivery company driver/employee, the delivery company, Company 2 and others.

Company 2 would be part of a workers’ compensation claim seeking reimbursement of the deceased employee's medical expenses. Claims against the delivery company and the delivery company driver/employee would involve traditional wrongful death claims seeking compensation for compensatory damages above and beyond what could be collected through workers’ compensation.

It is important for a good Minnesota truck accident lawyer to sort out the facts and determine the parties that may be responsible for injury or death in a truck accident case.

In the hands of a good lawyer, workers injured in employment-related accidents and families who have lost loved ones in employment-related accidents can often recover amounts substantially above the amounts that could be recovered under workers’ compensation alone.

Contact an experienced Minnesota semi truck accident lawyer at Pritzker | Olsen, P.A. if you have been in a Minnesota truck accident. We will sort out the liability issues and work to obtain just compensation for your injuries. Please call toll-free at 1-888-377-8900, e-mail Minnesota attorney Fred Pritzker or submit the free case consultation form.

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Attorney Fred Pritzker has obtained another large recovery in a car-truck accident case. Our law firm represented the family of a man killed by a truck wheel that had come off of the truck, rolled off a bridge and killed the driver of a car that was traveling on the road below. A confidentiality agreement prevents us from discussing the case in detail, but we welcome you to contact Fred Pritzker (toll-free 1-888-377-8900) for more information about this case and other trucking accident claims our law firm has handled. For more information, see our truck accident FAQ.

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