Our client was a young teenage boy that was visiting the home of a classmate. While at the home, the boy was bitten in the face by the family dog. Unbeknownst to the child's parents, several children had been bitten by this dog in the past. Unfortunately, the owner chose to allow the dog to run free in their home, despite its propensity for viciousness.
Verdicts and Settlements
Jury Verdict Triples Original Settlement Offer for Dog Bite Case
Litigation Type - Dog Bites
Client Injury - Facial Lacerations

Insurance Loophole Affects ATV Accident Victim
Litigation Type - ATV Accidents
Client Injury - Brain Injury
One of our clients suffered a serious brain injury when he lost control of an ATV and hit a tree. Just 15 years old at the time of the accident, he was operating the ATV while performing clean up work for a landscape business. The family's health insurance company fought responsibility for his medical bills and the workers' compensation insurance company denied liability.

Tween Injured on Jet Ski When Struck by Boat
Litigation Type - Boating Accidents
Client Injury - Permanent Physical and Psychological Injuries
Our 12-year-old client was a passenger on a Jet Ski on that was struck by a boat driven by a minor. The impact was significant. The driver of the Jet Ski was killed instantly. During the collision, our client was thrown from the jet ski and knocked unconscious. Our client sustained serious and permanent injuries from this incident to her head, spleen, kidney, ribs and legs. In addition, she suffered from psychological trauma.

Dispute over Medical Coverage Argued and Won in Arbitration
Litigation Type - Car Accidents
Client Injury - Knee Injury
Our client was on his way to a weekly Lion's Club meeting when his car was hit from behind at an intersection. He was thrown against the steering wheel and suffered a knee injury serious enough to require surgery. Later his insurance company demanded he undergo an independent medical exam with a doctor of their choosing. A few weeks later, our client's medical and wage-loss benefits were cutoff with a letter stating that his knee injury was not related to the accident.

Insurance Coverage Dispute Won By Cory Whalen After Car Accident
Litigation Type - Car Accidents
Client Injury - Insurance Coverage Dispute
Our client was a Russian immigrant who came to this country after working for several years as a professional in Moscow. Our client was able to speak limited English. Shortly after purchasing a new vehicle in the United States, our client was involved in a car accident on snowy roads.

Man Killed In Gas Line Explosion, Settlement Obtained for Surviving Family Members
Litigation Type - Construction Accidents
Client Injury - Death
Many Minnesotans remember the sad news from downtown St. Cloud, Minnesota, when a gas line explosion in December 1998 leveled an entire city block and killed four people, injuring 15. According to federal investigators, construction workers drilling an anchor into the ground to brace a utility pole punctured a plastic natural-gas pipe, causing the leak that led to the explosion.

Thousands of people are killed or injured in dog attacks and the most common victims are children.
Litigation Type - Dog Bites
Client Injury - Disfigurement
Dogs are great companions and friends...a part of the family. But every year, thousands of people are killed or injured in dog attacks-and the most common victims are children, who often suffer significant facial disfigurement.

Drunk Driver Abandons Injured Passengers After Accident
Litigation Type - Drunk Driving Accidents
Client Injury - death
Our client was one of three passengers in a vehicle, the driver was driving recklessly at high speeds and he lost control of the vehicle and struck an SUV head-on. Our client was knocked unconscious and sustained severe head injuries.

Wife Loses Husband Due To Medical Negligence and Carelessness
Litigation Type - Hospital Negligence
Client Injury - Death
Our client was a farmer who injured his shoulder and neck while lifting a heavy farm device. He was referred to a neurosurgeon in South Dakota and later underwent a left anterior cervical diskectomy and C6-C7 fusion at a surgical center.

Motorcycle Accident Victim Becomes Advocate
Litigation Type - Motorcycle Accidents
Client Injury - Neck and Back Injuries
Our client was on his way to work on morning in July, 2018. As he entered an intersection, suddenly and without warning, a vehicle turned in front of him, causing our client to be thrown off his motorcycle and onto the hood of the car that struck him. He then flew over the roof of that car and landed on the trunk then to the ground.

Verdicts and Settlements
