North Dakota Injuries

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 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 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 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.

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 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 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 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 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...

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.

Like the memory chip in your phone after you drop it, the insurance company does not want you to know your vehicle may have stored a split-second record of what really happened...

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.

Information automatically recorded by a vehicle or machine's onboard electronic systems before, during, and after an incident, often including speed, brake use, throttle...

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...

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...

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...

What trips people up most is that this is not the same thing as skid marks or total stopping distance. It means how far a person, object, or vehicle is thrown after impact,...

Insurance adjusters and defense lawyers love to wave this one around like it proves a crash victim lost control and caused the wreck. If they can point to curved tire marks on...

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...