In many car crash cases, the negligence per se rule establishes liability as a matter of law. If the tortfeasor (negligent driver) violates a safety law, perhaps by driving while intoxicated or making an illegal lane change, this shortcut may apply. However, in many...
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Would a New Distracted Driving Law Help Brainerd Personal Injury Lawyers Help You?
State Attorney General Lori Swanson vowed to take tough action against the “epidemic” of distracted drivers on Minnesota roads. The Gopher State already has a rather broad cell phone law. But Ms. Swanson wants to mandate hands-free devices, toughen the...
Brainerd Injury and Dog Bite Claims
Most people in Minnesota have at least one pet, and about a third of the families in Crow Wing County have at least one dog. Large mastiff breeds are especially popular in Minnesota, as many people have rather large properties where these animals can largely roam...
Brainerd Lawyers and the Three Cs of Mediation
Almost all divorce litigants believe that mediation will be a complete waste of time. After all, they reason, if we could have talked out our problems, there would not be a court case. But in about 75 percent of these cases, the litigants resolve all of their disputes...
Do I Need to Call a Brainerd Car Accident Lawyer?
A recent car crash in Little Falls may not seem serious. But regardless of how things appear, it’s usually best to call a Brainerd Car Accident lawyer after a bad crash and learn about your legal options. The September 2018 wreck happened near the intersection...
Can MN DWI Lawyers Beat the Breathalyzer?
If officers have probable cause to believe that the defendant is intoxicated, they may ask the defendant to provide a chemical sample. Nationwide, about 20 percent of drivers refuse to Breathalyzer test. That percentage may be a little lower in Minnesota, since the...
How To Get Out of Jail (Possibly) Free in Brainerd
In areas like no-fault divorce, California has been on the cutting edge of U.S. legal developments. Recently, lawmakers in the Golden State abolished the state’s cash bail system. What does that mean for Brainerd lawyers as they work to release clients from...
How Do Brainerd Lawyers Beat Drug Charges?
Under various names and iterations, the “war on drugs” has been in full force since 1914. That was when Congress passed the first-of-its-kind Harrison Narcotics Tax Act. Since the number of arrests is the only real yardstick of victory, Minnesota law...
What You Need to Know About Prenuptial Agreements in Brainerd
Until recently, only super-rich couples bothered with this area of family law. There was no uniform law, so these documents were difficult to draft. This lack of law also meant unpredictable results. Brainerd lawyers could enforce prenups without issue in some places...
Classifying and Dividing Marital Property During a Brainerd Divorce
Like most jurisdictions, Minnesota is an equitable division state. Usually, but not always, “equitable” is synonymous with “equal” in this context. There are a number of situations in which an unequal division is a just and right outcome, at least arguably. Sometimes,...