At a time when the courts system is struggling to deal with their budgets, they are seeing the economy play out on the other side of the bench, as more people are coming into the courthouse without…
Early Friday morning, after a late night session, Rep. Jean Wagenius (DFL-Mpls) was hit by a drunk driver as she traveled home. While attempting to turn south from Interstate 94 onto southbound…
With every tragedy, there is hope that we learn and fix what it was that caused the problem to begin with. One of the main goals of the civil justice system is to deal with problems unlike the gun…
Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control released these startling numbers. They also found that each year, 325,000 require hospitalization. The numbers show that over the last couple of years, our…
It’s amazing how many cases we get from people making turns in front of or into motorcycles. It simple cases of drivers not keeping a look out. The injuries are usually devastating. Please take the…
Recently, a very interesting exchange took place in a U S Senate Commerce Committee. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) addressed the President of the AMA, Nancy Nielsen, concerning the AMA’s suing of…
It’s amazing how many times I hear about adjusters calling people in emergency rooms, showing up at the scenes, dropping in unexpectedly, or calling, calling, calling. They are aggressive in ways…
Today in Minnesota, a very strange email arrived from the U S Chamber of Commerce. It was vague enough that it may be one that, with a couple of changes, is arriving in emails across the country….
A death last week again heated up the discussions about what would be done about Highway 71 and county Road 24 in Willmar. Multiple accidents and a number of deaths have long put the intersection in…
There was excellent news with the Preliminary data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report showing that highway deaths were fewer across the country. The drop was nine…
It’s real nice to see the 70’s back for temperatures in Minnesota. It’s great to see the grass greening up and no more mounds of snow taking up parking spaces. The problem is that better roads often…
For many years, anyone who gets near the interchange of 169 and 494 knows that you are going to have to wait. They have done some great work south of the interchange as you head toward Savage, but…