Our client was riding his Harley Davidson west on Highway 12. He saw the defendant stopped at the intersection and as he went by, she turned into him, striking him on the left side of his motorcycle. As a result of the collision, he crushed 3 bones in his left foot and fractured the ankle. He had two surgeries and has permanent injuries from the accident.
Verdicts and Settlements
Be aware of motorcycles; Motorcycle Safety
Litigation Type - Motorcycle Accidents
Client Injury - Foot and Ankle Injuries

Head on car accident kills one driver, injured the other.
Litigation Type - Car Accidents
Client Injury - Back and Leg Fractures
Our client was returning to the Twin Cities from a week-end in Northern Wisconsin. She was hit head on when another vehicle crossed the center line and came into her lane on a rural two lane highway. Our client was not able to avoid the collision. She received fractures to her back, sternum, knee and 2 breaks in her right leg. Unfortunately, the driver who hit our client was killed.

Intersection Accident Results in Serious Injuries
Litigation Type - Car Accidents
Client Injury - Fractured Wrist
An Eden Prairie woman was the victim of a car accident as she was traveling through an intersection on a green light. She was struck by an oncoming vehicle that made a left turn in front of her on a yellow light. Then she was pushed into a third vehicle in the intersection. Two gentlemen at the scene helped our client out of her vehicle as it was leaking gas. She was taken to the hospital by ambulance and treated for fractured wrist, bruising and soreness. Our client’s nine year old son was a passenger in the vehicle and was also taken to the hospital, treated and released.

Car Crash into Sign
Litigation Type - Auto Accidents
Client Injury - Neck
Our client was a passenger in a vehicle driven by a friend. The driver overcompensated while making a left turn on a gravel road and lost control, and smashed into a concrete sign. Our client sustained a displaced cervical fracture requiring surgical intervention. After months of recovery, our client was able to get back to full function. The case settled for the $100,000 liability limits and the $50,000 underinsured limits.

Patriot Rider killed in motorcycle accident
Litigation Type - Motorcycle Accidents
Client Injury - Death
A 47 year old man, a volunteer and Patriot rider, was killed in a motorcycle accident when another car pulled out in front of him in heavy traffic.

Good Samaritan Killed Helping Others
Litigation Type - Car Accidents
Client Injury - Death
A Hastings teenager stopped to change a flat tire for a stranded motorist on the narrow median shoulder on Interstate 94 just east of the Mississippi River. Trying to avoid a traffic backup, the defendant pulled into the median area and hit the back of the stranded Ford Explorer. The defendant's car landed on our client. Numerous motorists stopped and pulled the defendant's car off our client. He died from his injuries a day later.

Icy Roads Cause Serious Car Accident
Litigation Type - Car Accidents
Client Injury - Neck Injury
Icy roads caused a collision for our client. Our client and her husband were traveling to Colorado to spend time at Christmas with relatives. She was a passenger in a vehicle at the time of a side impact collision to the passenger side. Her case was ultimately a battle with her own insurance company that required Jeffrey Sieben to take this case to court because she was offered only $15,000 to settle the case prior to her trial.

School bus driver involved in deadly accident
Litigation Type - Bus Accidents
Client Injury - Physical Injuries and Emotional Stress
Our client was a school bus driver who was involved in a very tragic accident. A 16 year old boy lost control of his vehicle and crossed into the bus's lane of traffic. After first hitting a pick-up truck, the boy's vehicle was directly in front of our client's school bus and he had no option to avoid the collision. As a result, the school bus broadsided the boy's vehicle. The 16 year old driver was killed in the accident and his 15 year old brother was severely injured.

Off Duty Police Officer Injured in Car Accident
Litigation Type - Car Accidents
Client Injury - Back Injury
Our client was a 38 year old police officer who was off-duty when his vehicle was rear-ended at a high speed. There was significant property damage to both of the vehicles involved in the collision. Our client received back injuries.

Cory Whalen Represents Woman Injured at Wedding Reception
Litigation Type - Other Accidents
Client Injury - Vertical Laceration along Throat
Everyone wants their wedding reception to be memorable and exciting. Opportunities for unique entertainment open up when one hosts their own wedding reception at a private residence. However, one would-be form of entertainment turned dangerous when two men filled a freezer full of explosives and shot it with a rifle. The freezer exploded but the wedding crowd was much too close. The mens' antics caused a severe injury when a young woman, a guest at the reception, was caught in the throat by a piece of flying shrapnel.

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