The Schmidt Law Firm, Minneapolis Accident Lawyer, has 30 years experience, in over 6,000 successful cases, in bringing justice to the victims of personal injury and wrongful death in car accident cases. Some of these successes are described below: 1. $430,000 recovery for Minnetonka Car Accident Victim. 2. $383,000 Jury Verdict for Victim of Car...Read More

Riding motorcycles is fun-but hazardous. Recently, the number of motorcyclist deaths on U.S. roads has risen dramatically. Between 1997 and 2005, the number of motorcycle rider fatalities rose 115 percent. During the same time, the fatality numbers for car accidents declined. There has been a dramatic increase in motorcycle ownership. And the increase in the...Read More

Arbitration is a process where the parties agree to submit the dispute to a third party, an arbitrator, who then decides the case. If the arbitration is “binding”, then the decision of the arbitrator is final and binding on both side. Under Minnesota law, there is a statute that controls arbitrations. The parties can always...Read More

Mediation is the process by which a neutral party, the mediator, works “in the middle” to bring the two parties together . A mediator has no power to decide the case. The mediators sole function is to bring the parties together to a mutual agreement. Mediation is different from arbitration where the arbitration is empowered...Read More

Riding motorcycles is fun-but hazardous. Recently, the number of motorcyclist deaths on U.S. roads has risen dramatically. Between 1997 and 2005, the number of motorcycle rider fatalities rose 115 percent. During the same time, the fatality numbers for car accidents declined.crashes dropped. There has been a dramatic increase in motorcycle ownership. And the increase in...Read More