On behalf of Grannis & Hauge, P.A. posted in Car Accidents on Thursday, May 17, 2012
A woman responsible for causing a fatal car accident that killed a 38-year-old man has been found guilty on several criminal charges related to the accident. She testified on her own behalf at the trial in Minneapolis.
The car accident occurred on the night of Aug. 23, 2011, when Amy Senser, wife of retired Minnesota Vikings star Joe Senser, was exiting off Interstate 94 in the Riverside neighborhood. As she went up the ramp, she struck a 38-year-old man pouring fuel into his stalled vehicle and drove on. He died at the scene.
On behalf of Grannis & Hauge, P.A. posted in Car Accidents on Friday, May 11, 2012
In one of the most closely watched legal proceedings in recent state history, the wife of retired Minnesota Viking Joe Senser was convicted of criminal charges following a fatal hit and run collision occurring on Aug. 23. After the conviction for two counts of criminal vehicular manslaughter, it was announced that she and her husband had also settled a wrongful death claim brought against them by the deceased victim's family resulting from the fatal car accident. While details of the settlement were not disclosed, it was said to be for substantially more than the $50,000 mentioned in court pleadings. Under state law, such a lawsuit need only claim that the damages are more or less than $50,000 in order to proceed.
On behalf of Grannis & Hauge, P.A. posted in Brain Injury on Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Many Minnesota residents are keeping a close eye on the new stadium controversy for the Minnesota Vikings, an issue that threatens the franchise's very existence -- at least as the "Minnesota" Vikings.
But the National Football League faces far greater issues than a team getting a new stadium: namely, a federal lawsuit against it pertaining to concussions and brain injuries suffered by past NFL players.
On behalf of Grannis & Hauge, P.A. posted in Car Accidents on Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Sometimes when there is a serious car accident that deals severe injuries to a driver or the occupants of a vehicle, you will hear that a helicopter came to aid the victims. The airlift does come at a high price, as the expense to send a helicopter out is roughly $5,000.
But that may be a small expense considering a new study that seems to indicate that being flown to a hospital increases your chance of surviving a car accident, at least over a trip by ambulance.
On behalf of Grannis & Hauge, P.A. posted in Car Accidents on Thursday, April 19, 2012
Minnesota parents will want to hear a new study performed by the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, which shows that the fatal car accident rate for younger drivers has skyrocketed in recent years. Researchers are unsure why the numbers have risen so dramatically, but they have a few theories. First, let's discuss the car accident survey itself.
Researchers used blood alcohol content levels from 6,900 fatal car accidents in 2006 and did a comparison with responses to a 2007 U.S. National Roadside Survey, in addition to data prior to those years. The comparison revealed that underage females had the same accident risk as their male counterparts. Just a decade earlier, the accident rate for females was half that.
On behalf of Grannis & Hauge, P.A. posted in Child Injury on Thursday, April 12, 2012
LATCH is a system designed to fasten a child safety seat to the car, ensuring your son or daughter is secured to the vehicle in a car accident. The LATCH system uses metal anchors at the base of a car's seat that enable a child safety seat to be properly attached to the car.
These anchors, though, can be tough to reach -- very, very tough to reach. Of the 98 top-selling vehicles in 2010 and 2011, only 21 of them had seats that were designed in a way that made it easy for a parent to use the LATCH system. That stat was discovered from a recent joint study done by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.
On behalf of Grannis & Hauge, P.A. posted in Car Accidents on Friday, April 6, 2012
Getting into a car accident can be a traumatic experience, no matter if the collision is a fender-bender or a more serious wreck. There are many side effects to a car accident that are not immediately apparent to both the accident victim and the at-fault party.
Insurance companies can often be difficult to deal with after a car accident and may use any written or interview statements against you in future claims. If the other driver is uninsured (which is illegal in Minnesota, as every driver must have liability car insurance) and you are seriously hurt in a car accident, what do you do? In both instances, consult a personal injury attorney with experience dealing with car accidents.
On behalf of Grannis & Hauge, P.A. posted in Car Accidents on Friday, March 30, 2012
On Aug. 27, 2010, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration received a complaint about a 2006 Ford Taurus. The driver of the vehicle was stopped at an intersection and, without any pressure being applied to the gas pedal, the car started to roll into the intersection. The driver pushed down on the brakes as hard as possible and was only able to stop the Taurus once it was in the intersection. Even after shutting the car off and turning it back on, the engine revved.
"This is an extremely dangerous situation," the driver said, adding that something needed to be done "before it becomes fatal." By "it," the driver was referencing an apparent car accident risk with the 2006 Ford Taurus - a malfunctioning accelerator that sets the car in motion without the driver doing a thing.
On behalf of Grannis & Hauge, P.A. posted in Motorcycle Accidents on Friday, March 23, 2012
Normally when you talk about Minnesota weather, you would be discussing the snow; the ice; the bitter cold associated with those long, frigid winters in the north. But this past winter was a warm one with little snow, and now that better-than-average weather has translated into spring. The past few weeks have brought out runners, bikers and a wave of happy Minnesotans who gladly soaked up the sun.
Nice weather also means that many people decide to swap their car for a motorcycle, leading to an increased road presence of the inherently more dangerous and harder-to-see vehicle. Those two factors may have played a part in a car accident that saw a motorcycle rider hospitalized with critical injuries.
On behalf of Grannis & Hauge, P.A. posted in Car Accidents on Friday, March 16, 2012
There are many ways for a car accident to happen, but one of the worst contributing factors to a crash is a lack of focus. When a driver does not pay attention to what is happening on the road, their negligence can lead to serious injuries for unsuspecting pedestrians or drivers. Reckless driving compounds the pain and suffering for victims involved in a car accident, because there is a just feeling that their injuries should not have happened.
That could be the case in a chain reaction crash that involved three vehicles in Hubbard County, Minnesota. A 53-year-old man was attempting to turn left off a highway when suddenly a 19-year-old man crashed into him from behind. The impact of the collision sent the 53-year-old into oncoming traffic, where he was struck again by a 69-year-old man driving a truck.
