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Official Numbers For 2009 : Highway Deaths From Drinking Are Again Too High

As I wrote about yesterday, Minnesota highway deaths were historically low in 2009. This is great news. But, drunk driving still plays way too much of a role in the deaths that did take place. Last…

By Mike Bryant

/ 29 Jun 2010

Official Numbers For 2009 : Yearly Highway Deaths Down Again

There was excellent news with the final data from the Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety report showing that highway deaths were fewer across the state in 2009. The drop was 421 traffic fatalities…

By Mike Bryant

/ 28 Jun 2010

Sundays: Items Of Interest

– Great list of Boating 101 advice from my good friend Iowa lawyer Steve Lombardi. – Want to keep your child safe bike riding, this summer spend some time with this list from the Elk River Star…

By Mike Bryant

/ 27 Jun 2010

Getting Rid Of A Digital Copier? What Else Is With It?

How many copies do you produce each day? While I don’t personally do that many these days, I still produce 1000’s of copies regularly. Add the whole office together and there is a lot of things…

By Mike Bryant

/ 26 Jun 2010

Disability Policies And Forced Social Security Claims

It really is amazing what goes on with insurance coverages out there in the real world. Clearly, less regulation equals more policies that collect premiums and never plan to pay. The level of Deny,…

By Mike Bryant

/ 25 Jun 2010

Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) Addresses The US Supreme Court

This week at the American Constitution Society national convention, Senator Franken gave quite the speech about the direction of the present court. The whole speech is worth watching or…

By Mike Bryant

/ 24 Jun 2010

Minnesota Department of Commerce Fraud Report Seems To Have Some Issues

The Minnesota Department of Commerce 2009 fraud report was interesting. It starts with the statement that : Every year, insurance fraud costs each Minnesota family up to $900. I would…

By Mike Bryant

/ 24 Jun 2010

Facet Radiofrequency Neurotomy And Its Success

Over the last couple of years, we have been seeing more clients who have been turning to Facet Radiofrequency Neurotomy for relief. We have been learning more about it with each client. But, it does…

By Mike Bryant

/ 23 Jun 2010

Get Me A Cut-Throat Lawyer

Recently, I was interested to hear from a fellow blogger that the way a person found him on the internet was to google cut throat lawyer. He apparently had written something that used the words to…

By Mike Bryant

/ 22 Jun 2010

Decrease In Highway Deaths Seen In Mower County For 2009

While the whole state saw a reduction in highway deaths, there was a better drop in the highway deaths in Mower county. Mower County went from four deaths in 2008 to two in 2009. The two people…

By Mike Bryant

/ 22 Jun 2010

Ride To Work Day : Follows A Bad Weekend for Motorcyclists

As of Sunday afternoon three motorcyclists have lost their lives this weekend on Minnesota highway: – Friday afternoon a 23 year old from Detroit Lakes is alleged to have been fleeing police in…

By Mike Bryant

/ 21 Jun 2010

A Special Day: Happy Fathers Day

At times, we represent clients who are fathers and we see how much their injuries can change their lives. I was moved by the client that couldn’t fish or go camping with his children, after he had…

By Mike Bryant

/ 20 Jun 2010