Tips on how to try soft-tissue cases effectively
The credibility of your client is the key to prevailing in a soft-tissue case, Minneapolis plaintiffs’ attorney Peter Riley told attendees at a recent personal injury continuing legal education course. Riley provided audience members with pointers on how to select and prepare a personal injury case, how to settle a case, and if it does…
Master of Disaster
Peter Riley: Stubborn, Emotional, and Excellent When asked how he happened into a career as a trial lawyer, Peter Riley says, “The how and the why are both easy for me. Both my parents were lawyers.” Riley is proud to say that his father was a Hennepin County district judge, and his mother graduated from…
Masters of Disaster – When tragedy strikes, this superb personal-injury lawyer can help ease the pain.
Stubborn, Emotional and Excellent When asked how he happened into a career as a trial lawyer, Peter Riley says, “The how and the why are both easy for me. Both my parents were lawyers.” Riley is proud to say that his father was a Hennepin County district judge, and his mother graduated from law school…
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Two SG&S Attorneys Named To Best Lawyers In America
(Minneapolis, Minnesota) – James R. Schwebel and William R. Sieben from the law firm of Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben, P.A. were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2001-2002 (Copyright 2000 by Woodward/White, Inc.,of Aiken, S.C.). The 2001-2002 edition is the ninth edition of The Best Lawyers in America. …
Supreme Court considers changes to length of briefs
Recently proposed amendments to court procedural and practice rules were designed to provide greater clarity and predictability, according to those involved with the drafting. Some of the changes that the rules advisory committees recommended include: implementing an alternative measure of appellate brief length based on word count; adopting specific guidelines for the submission…
SG&S Attorney Certified as Civil Trial Specialist
MINNEAPOLIS, October 10, 2000— The law firm of Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben, P.A. announced today that William A. Crandall has been board certified by The Minnesota State Bar Association as a Civil Trial Specialist. This certification recognizes attorneys who specialize in civil trial law and meet the board’s exacting standards for professional expertise and ethics….
Top Appellate Super Lawyers
While you may have only one chance at life, American law sometimes gives you a second chance. The second chance is found at the appellate courts. Appellate courts review the work of the lower court to make sure the law has been properly applied. To do well in an appellate court, you need a lawyer…
A look at some online ‘cyber settling’ services
It’s not only dot-com entrepreneurs who can make money on the Web, plaintiffs and attorneys are discovering. One of several Internet dispute resolution systems can be used to allow litigators to click their way to a settlement. The world’s first independent online dispute resolution system was Cybersettle.com, which states it offers confidential claim settlements by…
Bill Sieben Receives Most Votes Among Super Lawyers
(Minneapolis, MN) Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine has released their annual list of "Super Lawyers" in the state of Minnesota. This year’s top vote-getter: Bill Sieben of the law firm Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben. The survey, known as "Super Lawyers" 2000, was published in the August edition of Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine, and was…
Should We Call Them “Super Duper Lawyers?”
William R. Sieben, personal injury attorney of Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben, compares his profession to politics. "On an individual basis for one victim or family I do what my political heroes were trying to do for the masses," Sieben says. "Whether it be civil rights or consumer protection, it¹s really the same thing on a…
Super Duper Lawyer
Bill Sieben Receives Most Votes Among "Super Lawyers" (Minneapolis, MN) Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine has released their annual list of Super Lawyers in the state of Minnesota. This year’s top vote-getter: Bill Sieben of the law firm Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben. The survey, known as Super Lawyers 2000 (TM), was published in the August…
Public policy no bar to underinsured coverage
The public policy against coverage conversion alone was insufficient to prevent distribution of underinsured motorist (UIM) benefits to an insured when the insurance contract plainly provided UIM coverage and did not contain a provision excluding such coverage, ruled the Court of Appeals. A minor child who was seriously injured while riding in a van borrowed…
Families of men killed by a police cruiser awarded $1.37 million each
The families of two men killed when a speeding police cruiser crashed into their truck on Thanksgiving Day in 1998 are entitled to compensation of $1.37 million each, a Hennepin County District Court jury decided earlier this month. However, the municipality liability and underinsured motorist (UIM) limits cap that recovery at $400,000 for each family….
Fatal accident near University sparks criminal and civil charges
A Minneapolis man faces criminal and civil charges following a March 6 accident outside Mariucci Arena that killed a University of St. Thomas student. Jason Brank, 22, allegedly lost control of a red Volkswagen Jetta shortly after 1 a.m. and struck a light pole at Oak and Fourth streets southeast. Passenger Amie Moland, 20, was…
Attorney Mark Gruesner Recieves National Certification
Minneapolis, MN (April 21, 2000) – The law firm of Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben, P.A. is pleased to announce that Mark H. Gruesner Esq., has been certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) as a Civil Trial Specialist. The NBTA, a nonprofit organization founded in 1977, was created in the public interest to…
Attorney Jim Weinmeyer Receives National Certification
Minneapolis, MN (April 21, 2000) – The law firm of Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben, P.A. is pleased to announce that James G. Weinmeyer Esq., has been certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) as a Civil Trial Specialist. The NBTA, a nonprofit organization founded in 1977, was created in the public interest to…
Economic contribution relevant under No-Fault Act
A decedent’s economic contribution and consumption are relevant factors when determining the extent of a survivor’s dependency under Minn. Stat. sec. 65B.44, subd. 6 (1998), ruled the Court of Appeals. An arbitrator granted a surviving spouse economic-loss benefits under Minnesota’s no-fault statute, even though testimony demonstrated that the decedent’s economic contributions equaled her economic consumption….
Accident-prone plaintiff gets $164K for fourth collision
Can a plaintiff who has had three prior automobile accidents recover a significant amount for injuries sustained in a fourth accident? Minneapolis attorney Paul E. Godlewski took on such a case — and a Hennepin County jury awarded his client $164,000. (The net verdict was $134,000 after $30,000 was offset for no-fault benefits paid.) In…
“Low Speed Impacts: Does No Property Damage = No Injuries?”
Article Author: Paul E. Godlewski Introduction Lawyers representing injured victims of automobile collisions continued to encounter the use by the insurance industry and the defense bar in no fault and liability claims of "experts" to "prove" that the victim could not have been injured in the accident because the speed of the impact was "too…