Minneapolis Personal Injury Lawyers
Every day, people experience personal injuries in all kinds of situations. Sadly, many of these injuries occur because of the negligence of someone other than the victim. When this is the case, the law allows the injured party to take legal action and seek compensation for the losses suffered.
If you or someone you care about suffered injuries because of someone else’s negligent or reckless actions, the Minneapolis personal injury lawyers at Tyroler Leonard Injury Law can potentially help.
Why You Should Choose Tyroler Leonard Injury Law
Trust the Experience of Our Minneapolis Personal Injury Attorneys
Attorney Isaac Tyroler and Attorney Rachel Sperling Leonard are some of the state’s most respected Minneapolis personal injury lawyers. They possess an unparalleled level of passion and have the experience to successfully represent personal injury clients in a wide range of cases. When you choose Tyroler Leonard Injury Law, you get a firm with:
- Multiple decades of collective experience
- Millions of dollars recovered for clients
- Direct and ‘round-the-clock contact for clients
- The willingness and know-how to represent clients at trial.
At Tyroler Leonard Injury Law, our personal injury lawyers treat every case with the personal care it deserves and devote all their time and resources to recovering maximum compensation.
How Our Minneapolis Personal Injury Accident Lawyers Can Help With Your Case
As an injury victim, you deserve maximum compensation for your losses. However, it is important to know that the compensation process is not victim friendly. In fact, the insurance companies responsible for compensating injury victims routinely do whatever they can to pay as little as possible.
For this reason, injury victims need experienced representation when seeking compensation for their losses. With our seasoned Minneapolis personal injury lawyers representing you, your chances of receiving maximum compensation are much higher than without a personal injury law firm representing you. Our efforts include:
- Gathering evidence
- Collecting medical records and tests
- Researching applicable statutes and case law
- Interviewing eyewitnesses
- Preparing you for deposition
- Reviewing police reports
- Securing surveillance video if available
- Examining the crash scene
- Hiring expert witnesses if needed
- Negotiating aggressively with insurance companies.
Each Minneapolis personal injury attorney on our team leaves no stone unturned when seeking facts and evidence to build the strongest case possible.
Proving Negligence
We use the information we find during our investigation to attempt to prove that the other party in the personal injury lawsuit is liable for your injuries. We must show that the other parties were behaving in a negligent manner. To prove negligence, we will have to prove four elements in your lawsuit. These include:
- Duty: Duty refers to the obligation one party owes to another to avoid causing injuries.
- Breach: Breach refers to the violation of the duty that one party owes to another party.
- Causation: You must demonstrate that the breach of duty actually caused your injuries.
- Damages: You must show you have damages related to the injuries, such as medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering.
Damages Our Personal Injury Attorneys Serving Minneapolis Can Seek for Our Clients
Damages refer to the compensation you can receive when a negligent party causes you harm. In Minnesota, two principal types of damages are available to injury victims.
Economic Damages
Economic damages compensate for the financial losses you are experiencing because of your injuries. They typically include:
- Medical bills
- Future medical care
- Lost wages
- Loss of future earnings
- Property damage.
To prove that you suffered financial losses, your Minneapolis personal injury attorneys will use bank statements, medical bills, pay stubs, and other financial documents demonstrating your losses.
Non-economic Damages
Non-economic damages exist to compensate injury victims for losses that are not directly financial, such as:
- Pain and suffering
- Scarring and disfigurement
- Emotional distress and anxiety
- PTSD
- Loss of consortium
- Loss of enjoyment of life.
If you have a potentially life-altering injury, such as a traumatic brain injury (TBI) or a disabling injury, your pain and suffering non-economic award could be quite significant.
How Do You Know If You Might Have a Personal Injury Lawsuit Claim in Minneapolis?
Several factors can lead to a vehicle crash or personal injury accident. Sometimes, it’s human error, product malfunction, an unsafe environment, or a combination of all of these.
Traffic Violations
One of the most common causes of personal injury claims is a traffic accident. Our Minneapolis car accident injury attorneys investigate your accident, seeking evidence that shows the other driver was violating traffic laws before the accident. If these errors led directly to your injuries, this shows the presence of negligence and enhances your chances of winning an injury claim.
Fires or Chemical Burns
Exposure to fires or dangerous chemicals can lead to personal injury claims. Our burn injury lawyers in Minneapolis will investigate the accident that led to your exposure to a fire or to chemicals, looking for evidence of negligent actions. We then can seek an injury award for you that considers the physical and emotional hardships that you will face because of the scars, disfigurement, and limited range of motion that burns can cause.
Defective Products
Defective products are not uncommon in the marketplace. Some of the most common defective products our Minneapolis defective product lawyers deal with include:
- Defective car parts, such as tires and brakes
- Defective ladders
- Defective power tools.
Prescription drugs may also form the basis of a personal injury lawsuit based on a product defect.
Dogs That Are Not on Leashes
Dog owners often mistakenly believe their pet will not cause harm during the time it is off the leash. Unfortunately, dogs are often unpredictable, especially when meeting new people or animals. If a dog attacks someone in a place where the victim has the lawful right to be, the dog owner is liable in any personal injury lawsuit, according to Minnesota Statute 347.22.
Alcohol and Drug Use
Drunk and drugged drivers are responsible for numerous tragedies on the road. Alcohol and drugs lead to accidents on the job. They cause instances of medical malpractice and other negligent situations where a person experiences reduced capabilities from being intoxicated.
Inexperience and Inattention
Inexperience and inattention are among the most common causes of accidents on the road. Motorcycle riders, for example, often cause serious crashes due to lack of experience, as do truck drivers who are ill-trained for their jobs. Outside of traffic accidents, inexperienced and untrained workers cause their fair share of injury accidents in the service industry, such as in amusement parks.
Dangerous Property Conditions
When you visit someone else’s property, whether it’s a business or residence, you expect to be able to walk safely without having to worry about slipping or tripping on a hazard. Our Minneapolis slip-and-fall lawyers are ready to help with this type of case, showing that the property owner behaved negligently by failing to remove snow and ice from steps in a timely manner or by leaving a wet puddle in a store aisle, causing you to slip and fall.
Roadway Conditions
Roadway conditions are also common causes of accidents. Potholes, uneven lanes, and other hazards caused by reduced or faulty maintenance are the typical culprits.
FAQ: Common Questions Our Minneapolis Personal Injury Accident Lawyers Receive from Clients
We are ready to help clarify any confusion surrounding personal injury cases. Please read through the following Q&A for answers to questions you might have.
What if I lose a loved one in an accident?
If you lose a loved one in an accident, you can potentially file a wrongful death claim or lawsuit. However, you must be a surviving relative of the deceased to bring a wrongful death claim. These relatives include a spouse, child, parent, grandparent, or sibling.
What is the meaning of the term personal injury?
Personal injury refers to an injury an individual experiences after a harmful incident that another party causes. Personal injury claims are legal actions that seek financial awards and compensation based on the severity of injuries a person suffers.
What is an average payout for a personal injury claim?
There is no standard average personal injury payout. Generally, the more serious the injury, the more compensation a victim will receive. Additionally, the more money a person makes at their employment, the more compensation they will receive for lost wages.
Can I afford a Minneapolis personal injury lawyer?
Yes. As a client of Tyroler Leonard Injury Law, you pay nothing upfront for our Minneapolis personal injury attorneys to take your case. Additionally, since our attorneys’ fees depend on how much compensation we recover for you, you pay nothing for our representation if we recover nothing.
Who is the target of a personal injury claim or lawsuit?
The party responsible for your injuries will be the target of your claim or lawsuit. This may be a negligent driver, the manufacturer of a defective product, or another party.
How long does it take to resolve a personal injury claim?
It is not possible to say until our personal injury lawyers in Minneapolis review your case. Complex claims can take a few years or more, while simple claims may be resolved in a matter of months.
At Tyroler Leonard Injury Law, we always take the time to answer questions that our clients have for us. You need to have the most accurate information about your case so you can make informed decisions. We provide the advice and information our clients need to have the best chance of a successful outcome in their injury claims.
Contact Our Minneapolis Personal Injury Lawyers Today
When they contact us, most of our clients are going through a personal injury case for the first time. They may struggle to understand the process, so they just hope that the insurance company is going to offer them a fair settlement amount. However, insurers can increase their profit margins by limiting the amounts they pay to victims like you. They know that you have limited experience with injury claims, so they may offer you a far smaller amount initially than they actually are willing to pay. Our personal injury accident attorneys in Minneapolis will stand up for you against this type of unfair treatment from the insurer.
If you experienced an injury caused by another entity, our seasoned Minneapolis personal injury lawyers at Tyroler Leonard Injury Law can potentially help you win a financial claim. To learn more about how we can help, call us today for a free initial consultation at 651-259-1113.
Attorney Rachel Sperling Leonard
A partner of Tyroler Leonard Injury Law, Ms. Sperling Leonard practices exclusively in personal injury and wrongful death claims. Specifically, she specializes in car accidents, motorcycle accidents, boating accidents, dog bites, dog attacks, slip and falls, trip and falls, sexual assaults/abuse and other assaults. Some representative cases of Ms. Sperling Leonard’s in the last few years include: a $1 million settlement for an individual injured in a car crash, a $750,000.00 for a man injured when he slipped and fell, a $455,000.00 settlement for an individual injured after falling, and multiple $250,000.00 settlements for individuals injured in motorcycle and auto accidents, among many others. She frequently turns insurance company denials into fair-value offers.
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