The failure of machine part caused one worker to sustain on the job injuries. When his entire lifestyle changed as a result of his injuries, the worker hired SiebenCarey to pursue a personal injury claim on his behalf. A five-year battle was finally resolved when Cory Whalen obtained a $900,000 recovery from the at-fault defendant.
Verdicts and Settlements
Defective Machine Part Causes Severe Injuries
Litigation Type - Product Liability
Client Injury - Severe Injuries
Snowmobiler Hits Guy Wire
Litigation Type - Snowmobile Accidents
Client Injury - Spinal Fracture
It was night when our client was suddenly knocked off his snowmobile by a utility pole guy wire he never saw coming. He was on a groomed trail along a state highway that ran between the utility pole and the guy wire. The utility company knew about the trail and admitted that the wire should have been retro-reflective to allow riders to see it at night. Our client sustained a thoracic spine fracture, resulting in partial paralysis.
Construction site accident litigation successful
Litigation Type - Construction Accidents
Client Injury - Permanent Visual, Dental, Orthopedic, and Neurologic Injuries
Our client was performing general masonry clean up on the third floor of the Science Museum project in St. Paul. She fell 30 feet through a hole in the floor. She suffered serious and permanent visual, dental, orthopedic, and neurologic injuries. She underwent plastic and reconstructive surgeries and suffered both mental and emotional damages.
Press Operator Loses 4 Fingers Due to Defective Design
Litigation Type - Product Liability
Client Injury - Finger Amputation
Our client, a 23 year old temp worker, was operating a Heim press. He placed the piece of metal in the press, manually activated the press and after it cycled, reached in with his right hand to remove the piece of metal. The press automatically cycled, catching our client's hand, crushing it and causing an amputation of four fingers on that hand.
Underinsured driver causes serious car accident injuries
Litigation Type - Car Accidents
Client Injury - Smashed Knee, Femur, and Hip Bone
An injured bricklayer who sued his insurance company for underinsured motorist benefits won his case in Dakota County District Court and walked away with a much larger verdict than he asked for. A Dakota County jury awarded the Park Rapids man a $793,000 verdict against American Family Insurance Company after he smashed his knee, femur and hipbone in a car accident.
Independent contractors injured on construction site when porch collapsed
Litigation Type - Construction Accidents
Client Injury - Severe Injuries
A father and son were independent contractors on their first day at a new job site applying siding to a single-family home. Part of the home was too tall for their ladder to reach so they had to place it on the second floor balcony. The father was holding the ladder for his son, who was applying the siding. As they were working, the porch detached from the house and fell to the ground, taking the father with it and leaving his son clinging for life on the roof of the home. The father suffered life-threatening injuries because of the fall and was put into a medically-induced coma.
Improperly administered pain medication causes death after surgery
Litigation Type - Medical Malpractice
Client Injury - Death
Our client was the family of a young man who died in the hospital three days after undergoing spinal fusion. His condition was stable, but a short time after receiving some pain medication, he suffered a severe reaction and died within three days. The pain medication was not administered properly, his condition was not monitored, and hospital staff did not respond to wife's concern that her husband was having trouble breathing.
Minister Injured By Dangerous Gym Floor, $750,000 Settlement
Litigation Type - Other Accidents
Client Injury - Fractured Leg
Our client, a minister, was injured while playing basketball on a youth retreat. The property owner failed to properly maintain the wooden gym floor and as a result the gym floor had buckled. Our client suffered a severe leg fracture and other injuries when she ran over the buckled portion of the gym floor.
Distracted Driver Causes Auto Accident
Litigation Type - Car Accidents
Client Injury - Broken Bone Injuries
Our client was driving to work one Monday morning, just as he had every day for 20 years, however this trip was anything but routine. As he was traveling north on a divided highway, he was struck in the driver's door by a full size van. The van was traveling east and had crossed the two southbound lanes of traffic but apparently didn't see our client in his new, blue car heading north and she hit him. The driver of the van was talking on her cell phone at the time and simply not paying attention. Both vehicles careened off the road after the impact.
Construction site accident caused by unsafe safety standards
Litigation Type - Construction Accidents
Client Injury - Broken Back
Our client was working on a construction site performing electrical work. While on the third floor of the construction site, he fell from an unguarded opening and broke his back.