Our Successes
The Schmidt Law Firm has 30 years of experience in successfully representing the victims of personal injury and wrongful death. During this period, the Schmidt Law Firm has successfully completed more than 6,000 cases.
Our track record includes the following:
Multi-Million Dollar Cases:
The Schmidt Law Firm earned numerous multi-million dollars jury awards and settlements.
The senior attorney, Douglas E. Schmidt has been inducted to membership in the Minnesota Million Dollar Roundtable, whose membership is limited to lawyers who have earned a jury verdict, at trial, in excess of $1 million dollars. Schmidt has earned three such jury awards for his clients. Schmidt has served several terms as President of the Minnesota Million Dollar Roundtable.
Cases Against Major Corporations:
The Schmidt Law Firm has handled cases against many of America's giant corporations, including the following:
- $2.2 million for truck driver.
- Chubb Insurance Company-insurance fraud of Midwest Fanners for $53 million!!
- Mayo Clinic-$1 million dollar jury verdict in a medical malpractice case.
- Abbott Northwestern Hospitals-two cases of sexual assault of patients in the amount of $1.5 million dollars.
- Allstate Insurance Company-insurance fraud of injury victim for $220,000.
- Ford Motor Company-product liability defect in pickup truck for $600,000.
- Ciba-Geigy Chemical Company-non-performance of agricultural herbicides for $800,000.
- Bell Helicopter-$2.4 million in a wrongful death cases involving an aircraft crash.
- Claim against major insurance company (identity confidential) for $2.2 million.
- Dow Chemical Company- defective chemical-(amount confidential).
- Grand Laboratories-$1.4 million dollar jury verdict and court award in the case of defective vaccine.
- $200,000 settlement for a man injured in collision with R.R. Train, where six other lawyers had turned down the case.
- $2.4 million jury verdict for victim of medical malpractice.
In addition, the Schmidt Law Firm has handled many other product liability claims against General Motors, Black & Decker, International Harvestor, John Deere, J.I. Case and many other large corporations.
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury Claims
- Wrongful Death Claims
- Car Accidents
- Motorcycle Accidents
- Truck Accidents
- School Bus Injuries
- Boating Injuries
- Snowmobile Injuries
- ATV Injuries
- Products Liability
- Dog Bites (Animal Attacks)
- Slip (Trip) & Fall Injuries
- Workers Compensation
- Social Security Disability Appeals
- No Fault Claims
- Medical Malpractice
