A report released by the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility and the Governor’s Highway Safety Association found that the number of American fatalities in car crashes in which drugs were present or detected in car...
EXPUNGING RECORDS When DWI MN records are expunged, they are sealed by the court. A DWI Minnesota is considered a crime that creates a criminal record in the court system. A criminal record is hard...
In Minnesota, certain individuals can be held liable for illegally transporting an open container of alcohol inside motor vehicles that are on public streets or highways. People who are found to be in violation of...
In Minnesota, 36.7% of citizens own firearms and the State of Minnesota is debating adoption of “Stand Your Ground” legislation so that individuals can use these weapons to protect themselves from violent crimes. If passed,...
Learn MoreIn most Minnesota DWI cases, people are given breathalyzer tests to measure their blood alcohol concentrations, but the tests may not be reliable. Several courts in Minnesota have recently called into question the reliability of...
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...
The Minnesota Workers Compensation Court of Appeals (WCCA) was trampled for diagnosing the claimant instead of determining the facts. Now Minnesota’s Supreme Court has bound the WCCA to consider only information based on reasonably founded...
Law enforcement agencies and legislators in Minnesota are “cracking down” on hate crimes in an effort to shield Minnesotans from discrimination and violence. To counter the rise of hate crime across the state, law enforcement...
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...
