Frequently Asked Questions

Some lawyers do not handle personal injury cases like car crashes and truck accidents.  If your lawyer does not handle accident claims, tell him or her that you will contact our office. You can even have your lawyer call our office for you.  Many attorneys trust their clients to our office for help with questions after car accidents and truck crashes. It is called a referral.

Each case is different in its own way, and depends on many circumstances and situations. The best way to get a more approximate answer is to contact a personal injury lawyer at the Stowman Law Firm, P.A.

No-fault insurance pays for many out-of-pocket expenses such as medical bills, wage loss, and replacement services after a car accident, truck accident, accident involving a trailer being pulled by a vehicle, pedestrians hit by a car, and some motorcycle accidents. NoFault insurance is usually your own insurance. It doesn’t matter who caused the accident. All Minnesota vehicle owners are required to have this insurance. No-fault insurance is optional for Minnesota motorcycles. Make sure to talk with a lawyer if you wonder if you have no-fault insurance.

A wrongful death claim is a claim after someone is killed, such as in an accident, caused by the negligence of someone else. There is probably a wrongful death claim if someone you know was killed in a car accident, motorcycle accident, truck accident, rollover accident, or even an ATV accident or boating accident.

Product liability and defective product claims describe the responsibility of a manufacturer or distributor for injury, which is normally the result of a defective product. Examples could be if an air bag didn’t deploy in a car accident and someone was severely injured, or if a child was injured from a poorly made toy.

People are responsible for their actions, even at an event like We Fest. If you were assaulted or negligently injured by someone at We Fest, call or email us. If you were injured or in a car accident caused by a drunk driver during We Fest, get in touch with our office.

Yes, we can probably help. Drunk drivers and intoxicated drivers often cause car accidents, and often cause personal injuries. The sooner you call our office with questions about a car accident caused by a drunk driver or intoxicated driver, the sooner we can help.

We often help passengers injured in car accidents. Whether you are the driver or the passenger injured in a car accident, we can probably help. At the very least, we will try to answer your questions.

You are asking about the statute of limitations. The statute of limitations is the law that sets the the time limit for your lawsuit. For instance, an injury car accident caused by negligence in Minnesota might have a 6 year statute of limitations. The “might” is there because some car accidents have special rules that dramatically shorten or lengthen the time limit. Some injury accident claims also have notice requirements – you might have to give notice of your claim within just a few weeks of the accident to the person or entity you think caused your injuries. Wrongful death claims, medical malpractice cases, defective product cases, and drunk driving cases all have different time limits. The best way to determine the statute of limitations for your case is to call. There is no charge for your call.

How much your car accident case is worth is a question about damages.  Clients often want to know how much money the insurance company will pay in settlement.  The answer is that your case is worth exactly the amount of money that you can prove in damages.  There is no such thing as a personal injury claim settlement calculator.  There is no magic formula to determine how much your settlement should be.  Damages are things like lost wages, medical bills, and pain and disability – pain and suffering.  It is easy to figure out how much money you lost in wages and medical bills.  Add up the days or weeks you missed at work.  Add up the medical bills.  The pay stubs and the medical bills don’t lie.  Pain and disability requires you to show all the ways that the crash changed your life.  You might not sleep well.  You might hurt. You might not be able to do all the things you could do before the accident. Remember that every accident is different, and not all cases settle.  You can read more about what your injury claim might be worth by clicking here or clicking here.  You can also ask a question in the “I Have Questions” box to the left, or search our website in the “Search Stowman Law” box at the top left of the page.