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The adjuster says take the check, the surgeon says wait, and that tiny traffic ticket could swing everything

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.

ARTICLE by Ahmed Ali

Coworker says a West Fargo trench collapse is always insured - true?

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

ARTICLE by Linda Spotted Bear

Bismarck jobsite fall on government property? That missed notice deadline may not end it

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.

ARTICLE by Sarah Lindstrom

Use your own insurance, skip WSI? That can wreck a Dickinson burn claim

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.

ARTICLE by Sarah Lindstrom

Minot IME doctor said you're fine and now you think you're screwed

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.

ARTICLE by Linda Spotted Bear

Grand Forks city truck hit the restaurant and i slipped in the mess

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.

ARTICLE by Ahmed Ali

following too closely

Like walking so close behind someone in a grocery store that they stop and you slam into their cart, driving too near the vehicle ahead leaves no room to react. Legally and for...

my lower back is wrecked after a Fargo city truck rear-ended me on I-94 and now they're saying the claim works differently

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.

ARTICLE by Sarah Lindstrom

i waited after the Mandan dog attack because nobody told me the deadline - did I blow it

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.

ARTICLE by Mike Renner

That "small policy" story can cost you your whole neck claim

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.

ARTICLE by Travis Haugen

Why does the insurer want a quick release before my Grand Forks back MRI?

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...

Event Data Recorder

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...

WSI said no to the surgery. That doesn't mean your ranch injury claim is dead.

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.

ARTICLE by Sarah Lindstrom

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

reckless driving

Insurance companies and defense lawyers often use allegations of reckless driving to argue that an injured person caused their own crash, failed to use reasonable care, or...

Robot arm crushed my guy in Williston can he sue my company now?

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...

perception-reaction time

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...

I apologized after a Williston crash, did I ruin my claim?

If you end up more than 50% at fault in North Dakota, you get nothing. An apology by itself usually does not decide that. What matters now is the evidence, because insurers...

coefficient of friction

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...

captain of the ship doctrine

Defense lawyers and malpractice insurers sometimes raise this phrase to shift blame away from a hospital or other staff, arguing that one physician had total control over a...