$54.3 million
Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben; Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand
William R. Sieben; Justin H. Perl and Jonathan S. Parritz
Braun v. Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart employees were not provided rest breaks and meal breaks and were forced to work off the clock.
$24 million
Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben; Finn Shapiro; Bassford Remele; Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey; Pottroff Law Office
Paul Godlewski and Sharon Van Dyck (now of Van Dyck Law Firm); Allan Shapiro; Patrick J. Sauter and Mark R. Bradford; William O. Bongard; Robert Pottroff
Elizabeth Chase v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company; and Cristy Y. Frazier v. Richard P. Wright
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Denise Renee Shannon v. BNSF Railway Company, f/k/a The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company; and Cristy Y. Frazier v. Richard P. Wright
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Harry James Rhoades Sr. v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, BNSF Railway Company; and Cristy Y. Frazier v. Richard P. Wright
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Michael D. Frazier v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company; and Richard P. Wright
When the gates and warning lights at a railroad crossing malfunctioned, four young adults were killed when their car was hit by a freight train.
$9.6 million
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi; Wojtalewicz Law Firm
Terry L. Wade; Brian Wojtalewicz
DP and LP for WP v. Doctor R, Clinic and Hospital
Physicians and nurses improperly used Cytotec to induce labor, leading to hyperstimulation and the use of a vacuum extractor and forceps to deliver the baby, which resulted in significant brain injury of the newborn.
$8.3 million
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
Michael V. Ciresi, Tara D. Sutton, Gary Wilson, Vincent Moccio and Daniel A. O'Fallon
Charbonneau v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Pfizer, Inc.
A man developed a pathological gambling addiction after taking the prescription Mirapex to treat his Parkinson's disease.
$8 million
Flynn, Gaskins & Bennett
Robert Bennett and Andrew Noel
Scott and Kathryn Taylor, individually and as co-trustees, for the next-of-kin of Abigail Taylor v. Sta-Rite Industries, L.L.C. and Minneapolis Golf Club
A 6-year-old died following complications of a triple organ transplant required because of injuries sustained in a pool that did not have a properly installed and maintained drain cover.
$4.5 million
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
Kathleen Flynn Peterson and Thomas G. Sinas
Patient/mother and father, individually, and as parents and natural guardians for minor/baby v. Defendants
An infant suffered severe disabilities when a nurse midwife, who was monitoring the baby's heart rate, did not consult with an obstetrician about a timely delivery plan.
$4.3 million
Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey
Paul F. Schweiger
Plaintiff v. Defendants
A sublaxation during spinal surgery caused a married mother of a minor child to become a quadriplegic.
$4 million
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
Chris Messerly
55-year-old Woman v. Radiologists
A patient undergoing aneurysm repair suffered a stroke when physicians failed to administer post-operative blood thinners to her.
$4 million
Sieben Polk Law Firm
Bernie Dusich and Josh Tuchscherer
Minor v. Neonatologist and Hospital
Despite complications with an ulnar arterial line placed in the right hand of a premature baby, hospital staff failed to remove the line, resulting in the loss of the child's fingers and thumb.
$3.7 million
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
Kathleen Flynn Peterson and Thomas G. Sinas
Patient v. Doctor and Hospital
An infant sustained lifelong disabilities when nurses failed to properly notify the doctor of the necessity of a timely cesarean section delivery.
$3.6 million
Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey
Jim Carey
Plaintiff v. Garbage Company v. Defendant Driver
A man drove his car into a ditch, hitting a telephone pole, to avoid a garbage truck driving toward him in the wrong lane. Another vehicle, also trying to avoid the garbage truck, struck him and trapped him in his car, causing significant injuries and requiring the amputation of both legs.
$3 million
Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben
Jim Schwebel and Bob Schmitz
C.E., a minor, appearing by his Guardian ad Litem, J.P. and H.E., a minor, appearing by his Guardian ad Litem, J.P. v. R.G.E. and Zurich American Insurance Company
When their father's pick-up was struck head-on, a 6-year-old suffered a torn aorta and a 7-year-old was paralyzed because their father had buckled them together with one lap belt. (Note: $2,725,000 was the settlement in the 7-year-old's case and $275,000 was the settlement in the 6-year-old's case.)
$2.9 million
Pritzker Olsen
Fred Pritzker
Plaintiff v. Defendant
A middle-aged man was killed when his vehicle was struck by debris from a truck.
$2.5 million
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
Daniel A. O'Fallon
Plaintiff v. Defendant
After a Roux-en-Y operation-a type of gastric bypass surgery-a woman suffered permanent neurological injuries when health care providers failed to diagnose and treat malnutrition after the surgery.
$2.4 million
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
Peter A. Schmit
R.H. as Parent of S.S. v. Health System
An 18-year-old who had been in a car accident suffered severe brain injury after physicians failed to perform additional neurological status checks, relying on a prior CT scan and neurological assessment from the hospital from which he had transferred.
$2 million
Kosieradzki·Smith Law Firm
Mark R. Kosieradzki and Joel E. Smith
Musse v. Wolf Protection Agency et al.
A 15-year-old suffered a spinal injury when he was shot by a security guard trying to detain him on suspicion of vandalizing a car in an apartment parking lot.
$1.8 million
Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben
Jim Schwebel
D.M.H. and D.H. v. Dedicated Logistics, Inc., et al.
After he was struck by a truck whose driver had fallen asleep, a 45-year-old electrician sustained an acetabular fracture in his hip and a meniscus tear in his knee, both of which required surgery.
$1.7 million
Goldenberg & Johnson
Michael K. Johnson
Ms. J. Doe and Mr. D. Doe, a minor v. XYZ Corporation
Consuming a nutritional supplement whose active ingredient was a heavy metal led to a permanent blue-gray discoloration of the skins of a mother and son.
$1.6 million
Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz
Greg Malush
M.A. v. M.C.
A man who had been drinking left a Minnesota Wild hockey game and ran a red light, striking a city worker's garbage truck and leaving the city worker disabled.
$1.5 million
Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey
John W. Carey & Judy L. Emmings
Infant v. Doctor
A doctor failed to perform two pregnancy tests on a woman before prescribing Accutane, causing physical deformities, an under-developed cerebellum and cardiac defects in her baby.
$1.3 million
Mackenzie & Dornik
John M. Dornik
Plaintiffs v. Defendants
A 27-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman were killed when a vehicle driven by a man who'd been drinking crossed the median and struck their car head-on.
$1.3 million
Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey
Jim Carey
Plaintiff v. Defendant
A man riding a motorcycle was hit by an oncoming car that drifted into his lane, causing injuries that led to the amputation of his left leg below the knee.
$1.2 million
Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey; Law Office of Scott Wilson; Law Office of Matt Newman
Arthur C. Kosieradzki and Jeanne Kosieradzki (of counsel Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey); Scott Wilson; Matt Newman
Plaintiff v. Defendant
The widow of a man who was killed in a car accident sued the man's insurance company, which had claimed the man's death was intentional.
$1.2 million
Hauer, Fargione, Love, Landy & McEllistrem
Robin Sharpe Landy and Paul F. McEllistrem
C.L. as trustee for K.A.L. v. Defendant driver and trucking company
A 24-year-old woman suffered injuries leading to her death after the vehicle she was driving was rear-ended by a semi truck.
$1.1 million
Lommen, Abdo, Cole, King & Stageberg
Robert J. King
F. v. Southern Minnesota Construction Co., Inc.
A 48-year-old Union Pacific engineer suffered worsened back pain after a truck driver ran a stop sign and collided with a train.
$1.1 million
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
Terry L. Wade
L.B. v. Dr. Deborah Johnson, et al.
A 74-year-old woman suffered multiple strokes and was left partially paralyzed when an anesthesiologist placed a line for intravenous feedings into the woman's carotid artery.
$1.1 million
Pritzker Olsen
Fred Pritzker
In Re Estate of Doris Matson
An elderly woman died less than 24 hours after ingesting an incorrectly compounded pain medication that was eight to 10 times stronger than the prescribed dosage.
$1 million
McEwen Law
Gregory N. McEwen
North Dakota Plaintiff v. U.S. Pharmaceutical Company
After taking a recalled drug, a 49-year-old woman suffered heart valve regurgitation and increased pulmonary pressure.
$1 million
Hellmuth & Johnson; McEwen Law Firm; Peterson & Hektner
Lee R. Bissonette and Kathleen M. Loucks; Gregory N. McEwen; Thomas E. Peterson
K.M. Parent and Guardian of C.M. v. Watertown School District and Nurse J.B.
A ninth-grader suffered an anoxic brain injury after a phy. ed. teacher and school nurse failed to properly perform basic first aid and CPR when the student fainted.
$1 million
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.
William J. Maddix
Patient v. Physician
An elderly woman suffered paraplegia after gynecological surgery.
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