North Dakota Injuries

A rear-end crash with a City of Fargo truck can turn an SI joint injury claim into a deadline problem fast, especially if you do seasonal ag work and can't afford to miss steps.

A buried worker can have a serious injury claim even when the contractor's commercial policy suddenly starts playing games about trench-collapse coverage.

A Dickinson worker burned by steam while closing up cannot be forced onto a personal health plan instead of North Dakota workers' comp, and a health insurer usually does not get to swallow an entire recovery.

A badly broken femur after a Fargo head-on crash can be worth serious money, but one minor violation can slash the payout if shared fault sticks.

A Fargo ranch hand got hurt by livestock, the doctor wants surgery, and North Dakota workers' comp is trying to stop at the expensive part.

A Dickinson delivery driver with a bad neck injury, VA benefits, and a lying adjuster has more time to sue than he thinks, but some deadlines hit long before the statute runs out.

The First Report of Injury (SFN 2828) should be filed with North Dakota Workforce Safety & Insurance (WSI) right away. The employer is supposed to report a work injury within 7...

A Minot retiree with MRI evidence can still get buried by an IME report, and the biggest damage often comes from a few avoidable mistakes.

For 2025, North Dakota Workforce Safety & Insurance (WSI) updated employer rates and classifications again, but the big rule did not change: if your business is properly...

An EMT in Grand Forks can have a claim against a restaurant for a known spill and possibly a separate claim against the city if a city-owned truck caused the mess.

The police report might say you fell at a Dickinson church and "it was just an accident." That is not what decides your claim. The most common bad advice is: "Use your own...

If you were a passenger hurt in a West Fargo crash and the uninsured driver caused a fire, the money usually comes from the car you were in, any other insured driver involved, and uninsured motorist coverage - and SSDI usually is not the benefit that gets knocked out by a settlement.

A missed government notice deadline in North Dakota can wreck one claim, but a scaffolding fall with no fall protection may still leave other targets and other deadlines.

A late-filed dog bite claim in Mandan is not always dead, but the real deadline is usually the lawsuit deadline, and a dog with a known bite history changes the whole fight.

There is no average North Dakota workers' comp verdict because you do not sue WSI for benefits; WSI pays set benefits under statute. The smarter move after a Fargo work-trip...

The worst mistake people make is believing a boss who says using personal health insurance will put more money in their pocket. From the insurance-company version, this sounds...

In Minnesota, your own no-fault coverage often pays early medical bills first. In North Dakota, the other side's insurer has a stronger reason to lock you into a cheap story...

"Why didn't you treat right away, and what proof do you have?" That is the adjuster's next question, and your answer can swing the value of a North Dakota claim by a lot. Yes,...

Think about dropping a coffee mug on a tile floor: the key question is where it first hits, because that spot helps explain the break pattern and what happened next. In a...

A few seconds here can change who pays for a crash. If an insurer, accident reconstruction expert, or jury decides a driver had enough time to see a hazard and respond, that...