North Dakota Injuries

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

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 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 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 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.

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.

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.

A method of accident reconstruction, crush analysis measures permanent vehicle deformation after a collision and uses that damage to estimate impact severity, collision forces,...

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.

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 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.

Miss this detail after a crash, and a bad guess can harden into the official story: who crossed the centerline, where impact happened, or whether a driver tried to avoid the...

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...

You just got a letter that says the insurance company's crash expert used photos, video, and scene measurements to "perform photogrammetry" and map out what happened. In plain...

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.

"Was your hip already bad before this crash?" That is the adjuster question coming next, and your answer matters because it is how three insurance companies turn one serious...

What does it mean if you were cited for not stopping for an emergency vehicle? It usually means a driver did not promptly pull over, slow down, or otherwise give the...

Money gets won or lost on this number because it can change a crash from "you were driving too fast" to "the road had almost no grip." In a claim, lawyers, insurers, and...

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,...