Minnesota Personal Injury News | Sieben Polk Law Firm

For many Americans, an accident involving a motor vehicle may easily expand into a life altering event. The unfortunate likelihood of severe injury combined with the reality of financial, legal and emotional burdens can send anyone involved into a tailspin of long-term recovery and life altering choices. For Minnesota residents, the burden of handling an accident-related personal injury eased by the fact that an experienced and highly capable team of legal experts at Sieben Polk Law Firm are available to handle the complex judicial matters that follow any automobile-injury.

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Mesothelioma is a form of cancer that affects the mesothelium which is the lining found around most internal organs. It primarily affects the lungs, but it can also affect other organs, including heart and organs of the abdomen.  Approximately 2,000 to 3,000 cases are diagnosed in the United States each year.  Most people who are diagnosed with mesothelioma worked in jobs where they inhaled or ingested asbestos fibers or were exposed to asbestos fibers which were unknowingly brought home by a family member on his or her work clothing.  There is no cure for mesothelioma.  Some medical studies have reported a life expectancy for patients with mesothelioma of less than one year.  For this reason, it is imperative to contact a Sieben Polk attorney immediately to begin evaluating case.

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When it comes to asbestos related injury, experience counts and recognition matters.  Sieben Polk’s proven track record of success in mesothelioma and asbestos cases is unparalleled in Minnesota.  In fact, Sieben Polk is Minnesota’s only mesothelioma and asbestos law firm.  Personal injury lawyers like those at Sieben Polk fight for you when corporations and individuals fail to take reasonable precautions regarding your health, or because their negligence caused you harm. Sometimes the harm is immediate, and other times it lies dormant waiting to strike.  At the Sieben Polk Law Firm, there is a team of specialists ready to put their expertise in asbestos law and personal injury law to work for you.

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Bernie Dusich and Josh Tuchscherer of the Sieben Polk Law Firm obtained a settlement from a major hospital and neonatologist on behalf of a newborn medical malpractice victim and his family.

The Sieben Polk client was born premature.  A line was place in the child’s right wrist in the radial artery to monitor blood gases.  The line was discontinued after signs of arterial compromise.  A week later, a neonatologist placed a line in the ulnar artery of the child’s right wrist.  More than thirty hours after the ulnar line was placed, and fifteen hours after problems developed, the line was finally discontinued.  Unfortunately, the blood supply to the child’s hand was cut-off and the child lost the fingers and thumb on his right hand.

The case was settled on a structured basis three weeks before trial.  The Sieben Polk Law Firm client will receive an expected lifetime payment of $3,978,812.

Sieben Polk employees raised over $2000 for the 2008 Hastings Adopt-A-Family project.  The program was coordinated by Hastings Family Services (HFS).  HFS is a community based nonprofit agency working to help meet the basic needs of community members facing financial crisis.  HFS and its volunteers serve people in the community who lack food, clothing, shelter, support, or transportation, incluidng an increasing number of the working poor and others whose needs may not be evident.  For more information about HFS, please visit: www.hastingsfamilyservice.org.  Sieben Polk proudly supports Hasting Family Services and the Adopt-A-Family program.

The Sieben Polk Law Firm is a proud sponsor of the 2008 Gobble Gait.  In 1998, Gobble Gait started as a small race to raise additional money for the Hastings Family Service.  11 years later, the Gobble Gait is no longer a small race.  With over 1,900 runners and 150 sponsors, Gobble Gait has raised over $285,000 for Hastings Family Service.  The funds are used by Hastings Family Service to buy food, clothing, and offer assistance to families in need of basic necessities.  The 2008 race had 2,150 runners, raised $70,000, and 3,000 pounds of food was collected.  For more information, please visit www.gobblegait.com.

Because Sieben Polk is committed to a fair, impartial and ethical legal system, we proudly support the Innocence Project of Minnesota.  Established in 2002, the Innocence Project of Minnesota is a private, volunteer based, non-profit organization that provides pro bono investigative and legal assistance to prisoners trying to prove their innocence.  IPMN investigates potential claims of wrongful conviction from prisoners convicted of crimes in Minnesota.  The goal of the project is keep innocent people from being convicted and to free people imprisoned for crimes they did not commit.  For more information, please visit: www.ipmn.org.

The attorneys at Sieben Polk joined other Minnesota trial lawyers to provide necessary financial and physical resources for the children at Avenues for Homeless Youth in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Avenues for Homeless Youth is an emergency shelter which provides short term housing and support services for homeless youth in a safe and nurturing environment.  Through such service, Avenues seeks to help youth achieve their personal goals and find a postive transition into young adulthood.

Avenues for Homeless Youth was formed in 1993 to respond to the severe lack of housing and support services for Minnesota’s homeless youth.  While many services were available to assist with family reunification, there was no age-appropriate and safe shelter designated for homeless youth who could not be reunited with their families due to severe abuse, abandonment, neglect or exploitaion.  Facing adult issues – lack of housing, unemployment, imcomplete education and lack of access to healthcare – without a safe program to help them, most of these youth are destined to life on the streets.

Sieben Polk proudly supports Avenues for Homeless Youth.  For more information, please visit: www.avenuesforyouth.org.

The Sieben Polk Law Firm was presented with the Minnesota State Bar Association’s 1st Judicial District Annual Pro Bono Award for 2008.  The award was given in recognition of the firm-wide spirit of volunteerism, including taking full-representation cases through Legal Assistance of Dakota County and serving at the Family Court Self-Help Center, a joint project of District Court, the Dakota County Law Library, and Legal Assistance of Dakota County.  The award was presented by Judge Richard G. Spicer, of the First Judicial District, and Katie Trotzky, the Executive Director of Legal Assistance of Dakota County, at the Fall meeting of the Dakota County Bar Association.  Accepting the award on behalf of the firm were Mike Sieben and Bernie Dusich.

The attorneys at Sieben Polk received the 2008 First Judicial District Pro Bono Award for volunteering and financially supporting Legal Assistance of Dakota County.  In an effort to give back to the community, Sieben Polk attorneys provide free legal services through Legal Assistance of Dakota County to low income residents with family law and domestic abuse cases, and routinely volunteer at the Dakota County Family Law Self Help Center.  For more information regarding Legal Assistance of Dakota County, Ltd., please visit www.dakotalegal.org.