Powered industrial trucks are important machines in many occupations. Forklifts are common in warehouse settings, fulfillment centers, loading docks, meatpacking facilities and a range of other industrial settings. The timesaving machines allow workers to move large...
Year: 2018
Minnesota Court of Appeals Rejects Incorrect Hyper-Technical Basis for Traffic Stop in DWI Case
The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures. A police officer who stops and detains a person momentarily to investigate suspected criminal activity has not been unreasonably seized if the officer can articulate...
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Civil Forfeiture
Civil forfeiture is a controversial issue. In Minnesota, when law enforcement forfeits personal property seized during a criminal investigation, 70% of the proceeds go back to the law enforcement agency that forfeited the property, 20% goes to the office of the...
Settling a Third-Party Claim
It is fairly well known that you have a claim for workers' compensation benefits if you are injured on the job. The primary benefits in a workers' compensation case include wage loss, medical benefits, disability benefits, and retraining benefits, if applicable....
How Safe Are Road Construction Work Zones?
Road construction workers are hoping for better protections to make work zones safer. A recent op-ed article in the Minneapolis StarTribune highlights the dangers that contractors and road construction workers face every day. While Minnesota was once recognized as a...
What Do I Do If I’m Injured in a Car Accident?
Fortunately, most people have never been injured in a car accident. However, car accidents happen with regular frequency. Because most people have never been injured in a car accident, you may not know what steps to take if you find yourself in this situtation. This...
The Minnesota Supreme Court Paves the Way for Dismissal of Test-Refusal Convictions
In recent years, Minnesota's blood, breath, and urine testing regimen in DWI cases came under fire due to concerns about whether law enforcement officers should obtain a search warrant before obtaining a chemical test. The concern for many was that blood, breath, and...
Factory Work And Food Processing Jobs Carry High Risk For Injury
Factory work, manufacturing jobs, meatpacking occupations and similar industrial professions carry a high risk of injury for workers. Injuries vary widely in industrial settings. Workers may experience hearing loss due to excessive noise in the workplace - in fact,...
Statutory Warranties for New Homes and Renovations
Minnesota law provides warranties to purchasers of newly constructed residential homes as well as purchasers of renovations to existing homes that involve major structural changes or additions. The warranties are found in Minnesota Statutes Chapter 327A. For newly...
Attorneys Bird and Stevens Recognized as 2018 Super Lawyers
Attorneys Bird and Stevens were recently recognized as Super Lawyers in Minnesota in 2018. Each year, Super Lawyers recognizes the top lawyers in Minnesota through a patented multiphase selection process, involving peer nomination, independent research, and peer...