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.
Verdicts and Settlements
Man Killed In Gas Line Explosion, Settlement Obtained for Surviving Family Members
Litigation Type - Construction Accidents
Client Injury - Death

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.

Motorcyclist Hit By Drunk Driver Loses Part of Leg
Litigation Type - Motorcycle Accidents
Client Injury - Loss of Leg
Our client and his wife were riding their motorcycles on a two-lane highway. Our client was the lead motorcycle and his wife was riding behind him. They met 5-6 cars going the opposite direction and the 3rd car in that line of vehicles drifted over into our client's lane. Our client swerved to avoid the car, but it struck the side of his motorcycle with the driver's door area. The driver that struck him continued on and didn't stop. Our client's wife stopped and the two people in the car right behind her stopped and asked what had happened. She said that her husband had been hit by a car that kept going. The people in that vehicle then turned around and found the vehicle that had struck our client a short distance down the road. The driver was trying to change a flat tire sustained in the accident. When the police arrived at the scene, they arrested the driver, who was intoxicated at the time of the accident.

Fatal Motorcycle Crash Caused by Texting Teen
Litigation Type - Motorcycle Accidents
Client Injury - Death
Our clients’ family members were both killed when their motorcycle was struck head-on by a distracted teen driver whose pickup truck crossed the center line while the truck driver was texting.

Product Liability Lawsuit Filed For E.coli Poisoning that Caused Kidney Damage to Young Girl.
Litigation Type - Product Liability
Client Injury - Kidney Damage
Our client, an 11 year-old girl, was hospitalized for over a month after becoming ill with E.coli poisoning from eating a contaminated hamburger. The hamburger was linked to an E.coli outbreak that led Cargill Meat Solutions to recall 845,000 pounds of frozen hamburger patties in 2007. The pre-formed hamburger patties were bought at Sam's Club and grilled at home. Within two days, our client became sick with stomach cramps, nausea and severe diarrhea. After she became sick, the meat was turned over to the Minnesota Department of Health, which found it contaminated with E.coli.

Semi-truck Causes Fatal Accident
Litigation Type - Semi Truck Accidents
Client Injury - Death
Jeff Sieben settled a wrongful death action for a family whose minivan was hit by a semi on an Iowa interstate. The semi-truck operator lost control and his truck crossed the median of the freeway and struck our clients' vehicle.

Woman Slips On Wet Floor and Injures Back
Litigation Type - Slip, Trip and Fall
Client Injury - Back Injuries
A 49 year old woman fell at a retail store and suffered back injuries that necessitated surgery on her low back. Our client had undergone three prior fusion surgeries to her low back before this incident. She was recovering from the third surgery when she fell at the store and aggravated the healing fusion. She lost 15 months of work, incurred substantial medical treatment expenses for a fourth surgery, and suffered permanent disability which her treating surgeon related to the aggravation of her prior condition caused in this incident.

Verdicts and Settlements
