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ATV Owners Vicariously Liable for Driver’s Negligence Under Minnesota Law
Under Minnesota’s “Safety Responsibility Act” found at Minn. Stat. § 169.09, subd. 5(a), a driver is deemed the agent of… View More »
I-90 Bus Rollover Case Settled (Austin, MN)
17 of the 22 injury and death claims arising out of the mid-afternoon November 18, 2009 bus rollover on I-90… View More »
Attorney Paul Dahlberg Named to Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Form
Attorney Paul Dahlberg Named to Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Form The Million Dollar Advocates Forum is… View More »
Bus Crash Driver Medical Emergency Defense Motion Denied
The District Court in Freeborn County, Minnesota has denied the defendant’s motion for Summary Judgement in the I-90 bus crash of November 18, 2009. The coach tour bus owned by Strain Tours (dba Bold Lines) was returning from Diamond Jo Casino to Rochester MN when it crossed the center line of I-90 near Austin MN […]
Underpayment of Benefits Identified
Mr. Patterson represented an injured worker who had sustained a wrist injury. The injured worker had already been paid for… View More »
Employer and Insurer Found Liable for Employee’s Injuries Suffered in Motor Vehicle Accident
Mr. Patterson represented a Home Health Care worker who injured his neck in a work related motor vehicle accident. After… View More »
Successful Workers’ Compensation Settlement
Mr. Patterson represented a worker who sustained multiple unreported low back injuries, between 1995 through 2005 with multiple Employers and… View More »
Truck Driver with Traumatic Brain Injury Continues to Receive Benefits
Mr. Patterson represented a truck driver who sustained multiple orthopedic injuries and a traumatic brain injury as a result of… View More »
Dog Owners liable for Injuries Caused by Dog
Minnesota Statute § 347.22 mandates that an owner is liable to the full amount of the injury sustained if a dog injures any person who is acting peaceably in any place where the person may lawfully be. Case law makes it clear that application of the statute is not limited to vicious attacks. The statute […]