Car accident lawyer in Lakeville, MN

What to do after a Lakeville crash

Minnesota no-fault benefits for medical care and lost wages come through your own policy and require a claim within a set period, so see a doctor promptly and save every record. Get the report number from Lakeville police or the State Patrol. Photograph the vehicles, the road and the weather, especially snow, ice or blowing drifts. Collect witness details. Note the exact location, since I-35, county roads and city streets are patrolled by different agencies. Keep a record of missed work and household tasks you cannot handle. A call from the other driver's side does not require an immediate statement.

Crash situations common in Lakeville

I-35 runs north-south through Lakeville and carries heavy commuter traffic toward Burnsville and Minneapolis, with congested interchanges at County Road 50, County Road 70 and 185th Street, and freight heading south toward Iowa. Cedar Avenue, County Road 23, is the main north-south arterial on the east side, lined with shopping and new neighborhoods. Kenwood Trail, Dodd Boulevard and Ipava Avenue serve schools and subdivisions that did not exist twenty years ago. Open farmland south and west of the city offers no shelter from blowing snow, and whiteouts on I-35 cause pileups. Spring thaw brings standing water and potholes, and deer are common near the lakes and parks.

What the free case review covers

Ring (470) 600-0106 at any hour and a person answers in English, Spanish or Arabic. The free consultation covers the crash location, what the report says, your injuries and your treatment. Minnesota's no-fault threshold for pursuing the other driver turns on medical expenses, length of disability and permanence of injury, so we ask about each. We confirm whether your own no-fault claim is filed and paying. Lost work and costs come up. We then describe the usual course of a Dakota County case. That conversation involves no signature and no fee.

Connecting you with a Minnesota-licensed attorney

Car Accident Lawyers Agency finds the attorney and steps back. We connect Lakeville residents with an independent personal injury attorney licensed in Minnesota who handles both parts of a no-fault case, the benefits claim through your own policy and, when the threshold is met, the claim against the other driver. We look for attorneys who handle south metro cases and will meet you in Lakeville or by video. We also tell you plainly when a case is not one to pursue, for example when injuries fall below the threshold or fault clearly rests with you, and we explain the reasoning.

How a Dakota County case usually proceeds

First your car accident attorney checks that your no-fault claim is filed and paying; next they notify the other side that you are represented and pull the police report, medical records and any video from traffic cameras or businesses. Minnesota's threshold is met through medical expenses above a set figure, sixty days of disability, permanent injury or disfigurement, and the attorney shows which applies to you. A running record of costs is kept through treatment. When your recovery can be stated clearly, they send a demand and negotiate. Many Lakeville cases resolve by agreement; others are filed in Dakota County District Court. You decide on any offer.