When a child is severely injured or loses his or her life while at camp in Minnesota the facility owners/ managers, camp staff members and others may be able to be held liable for any...
Premises liability is a tort theory of negligence that assigns responsibility for injuries that occur on real property (i.e. land and buildings) to the landowner. The landowner is variously identified as the property owner or...
According to a recent Mayo Clinic study published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine, ice fishing is associated with more accidents, and a larger number of severe injuries than what are typically seen with...
While Minnesota and other states have implemented drive to zero initiatives, traffic fatalities continue on an upward trend, increasing by 6 percent in 2016. Experts attribute the increase in fatalities to several factors, including more...
According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, truck driver factors were the critical causes of 87 percent of large truck crashes between April 2001 and Dec. 2003. The FMCSA reviewed data from a representative...
Slips, trips and falls are common, but they come with high costs for the victims of such accidents. According to EHSToday, 9 million people are seriously injured and require hospitalization because of slips, trips and...
Elder abuse inflicts devastating emotional and physical damage to millions of nursing home residents each year. It’s estimated that 1 in 5 elderly patients will suffer abuse, yet barely 1 in 14 cases is pursued. In...
Minnesotans who cause accidents while they are texting and driving may be liable to people that they injure, and certain third parties might also be partially liable for the accidents. Texting and driving is dangerous...
As the number of children and teens with internet access continues to increase, cyber bullying has become a dangerous epidemic. Bullies have moved from the playground to the web, where cruel remarks, humiliating photographs, and...
The Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety released 2015 crash data for the state, showing that there was a 14 percent increase in traffic deaths and indicating a clear need for proactive steps to reduce the...
