Personal Injury
Statute of Limitations on Personal Injury Claims
Personal Injury Claim? The Clock is Running! Have you have been injured by another person and want to know how long you have to file a legal claim in North Dakota? To answer that question, let’s take a look at our statutes of limitations. A statute of limitations is the time period in which you…
Read MoreHow Safe Are Lyft and Uber Rides?
Residents of North Dakota scheduling rides through Lyft and Uber expect safe, convenient transportation. Most of these rides end with the driver safely delivering the passenger to the requested destination, but Uber’s Second U.S. Safety report on “critical safety incidents” released in June 2022 again shows hundreds of passengers died in fatal traffic accidents and…
Read MoreFailure to Follow Ambulance Regulations Creates Delay
North Dakota is a big, beautiful state with plenty of space to enjoy. But when illness or sudden injury require hospitalization, covering the distance between the patient and a medical facility as quickly as possible becomes the primary objective. When residents need ambulance transportation to a hospital or to transfer between hospitals, they need to…
Read MoreWhat Is the “Safe Routes to School” Project?
In early June, Minot kicked off a new program intended to increase safety for school children. Mostly funded by the federal and state government, the “Safe Routes to School” project intends to add new structures like new concrete sidewalks, accessible pedestrian ramps, and curbs while the children enjoy their summer break. According to KFYR TV,…
Read MoreWhat Is an Attractive Nuisance?
Being a homeowner allows you to do almost anything with your property that you desire (within reason, of course). If you want to have a back patio, swing set, a pet dog, a pool, or a trampoline – that is all within your right. However, as a home and property owner, you also have certain…
Read MoreHow Does the Discovery Process Work in a Personal Injury Case?
Personal injury lawyers use different methods to determine how an accident happened, and who is responsible. These methods include investigating the scene of the accident, speaking with police, and taking photographs and videos of the accident site and car damage. Other methods may include working with engineers and product safety experts to show that some…
Read MoreWhy Do Oil Tanks Explode?
Oil storage tanks are used during different stages of oil production. They can hold crude or refined product, and can be pressurized or not. The one thing all tanks have in common is that, if defective or left unmaintained, they can pose a serious risk to workers and non-workers alike. Canadian Occupational Safety recently reported…
Read MoreMilk Crate Challenge Banned by TikTok Due to Danger of Serious Injury
The popular social media platform TikTok has banned users from posting videos of the dangerous “milk crate challenge.” If you haven’t seen these videos yet, the basic premise of the challenge is to stack milk crates as high as you can and then climb to the top. Once at the top, you attempt to walk…
Read MoreWhat You Should Know About All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Accidents
Residents of North Dakota enjoy riding all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), dirt bikes, and many other on- and off-road vehicles just for fun. ATVs can be very dangerous, though. They’re more prone to fall over than other vehicles, and they offer little protection in case of an accident. If you are injured on an ATV, we can…
Read More5 Theories About Long COVID
Although it may seem that the worst of COVID-19 has finally come to an end, that may not actually be the case. Research has found that even though you may recover from coronavirus, there are still some lingering long-term effects in at least 10 percent of survivors. They are calling this condition “long COVID,” and…
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