One of the most common questions I encounter is: The accident wasn't my fault why should my insurance pay? Minnesota is a no-fault state. This means we have a statute that allows people injured in car accidents in Minnesota to get some medical treatment, some wage...
Month: November 2016
A DWI/DUI Arrest Will Result in Your Driving Privileges Being Revoked
If you are arrested for DWI/DUI, your license will be revoked. The length of the revocation depends upon factors such as your blood-alcohol concentration at the time of your arrest, whether you have prior impaired driving convictions or revocations, whether you had...
How Do Judicial Elections Work?
This year is somewhat odd in terms of district court judicial elections. Typically, district court judges run for election without challenge. Prior to this year, the last contested district court judicial election in the Third Judicial District was in 2008. The Third...
DWI/DUI Blog: Courts Provide Clarity Regarding Test Refusal Cases
In a previous blog post, I wrote about how the Minnesota Court of Appeals recently ruled that it is unconstitutional for the State to prosecute a person for refusing a warrantless blood or urine test in a routine DWI arrest. Since that blog post, there has been a...