MINNESOTA SPEED LIMITS EXPLAINED – MINNEAPOLIS PERSONAL INJURY LAWYERS   MINNETONKA CAR ACCIDENT LAWYERS – SPEED KILLS IN MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS!!! The Minnetonka Car Accident Lawyers at the Schmidt Salita Law Team know that speed kills in motor vehicle collisions.  According to the Governor’s Highway Safety Association (GHSA), speeding is a factor in about one-third...Read More

MINNEAPOLIS CAR ACCIDENT LAWYERS: THE EFFICACY OF AIRBAGS The Car Accident Lawyers at the Schmidt Salita Law Team know that airbags save lives-but often cause personal injuries to the survivors. Yes.  The truth is that car bags prevent deaths and serious injuries by preventing major injury and/or death from sudden impact with the interior of...Read More

CAR ACCIDENTS CAUSE WHIPLASH INJURIES TO THE BRAIN AND SPINE The statistics regarding car crashes are sobering:  There are 6 million car crashes each year in the U.S.  An average of 32,850 people die each year from car crashes. Seatbelts cut the risk of death or serious injury by 50%.  Seatbelts reduce the risk of...Read More

NO-FAULT ARBITRATIONS IN CAR ACCIDENTS  Pursuant to Minnesota law, car accident disputes between an injured person and an insurance company should be resolved by mandatory arbitration if the case seeks less than $10,000 in damages on the date the lawsuit is filed. If the case seeks less than $10,000 in damages at the time of...Read More

  MINNEAPOLIS ACCIDENT & INJURY LAWYERS – SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS Car accidents are a leading cause of personal injury. People in Minnesota spend a significant part of their lives in cars, trucks, buses, vans and on motorcycles. Collisions can cause serious and permanent injury and disability. Most, if not all, car accidents are totally preventable. The...Read More

Minnesota Distracted Driving Lawyers. Crackdown on texting while driving catches more repeat offenders in Minnesota. Recently, the Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper recently highlighted the serious nature of distracted driving due to “driving while texting“.  That article emphasized that repeat offenders number 1,500 citations given out by Minnesota law enforcement officers. “They either don’t know there...Read More

THE MINNESOTA CAR ACCIDENT INJURY LAWYERS AT SCHMIDT AND SALITA LAW TEAM WANT TO ENSURE YOUR SAFETY THIS SUMMER. Tips to Stay Safe While Driving to your Summer Vacation Driving always comes with some inherent dangers; however, the summer months are the most hazardous on Minnesota’s roadways. The 100-day period of time from Memorial Day...Read More

THE MINNESOTA CAR ACCIDENT INJURY LAWYERS AT SCHMIDT AND SALITA LAW TEAM DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE ISSUE OF MOTORCYCLE VISIBILITY TO OTHER MOTORISTS. Being Seen while Riding Your Motorcycle is Staying Safe! It is important for the drivers of motor vehicles other than motorcycles (cars, trucks, vans, and buses) to “Watch for Motorcycles”! There...Read More

REAR END COLLISION CAR ACCIDENT LAWYER MINNEAPOLIS MN- DRIVING TIPS- AVOID REAR-ENDER CAR COLLISIONS MINNEAPOLIS INJURY LAWYERS at the Schmidt Salita Law Team have settled car accident injury claims of more than $5 million dollars where the injuries were caused by the fault of the driver that “rear-ended” the car in which the Schmidt-Salita client...Read More

SEMI TRUCK RULES AND REGULATIONS YOU SHOULD KNOW Truck drivers must display a higher duty of care than passenger vehicles on the road. They are commercial carriers and must drive responsibly to avoid all accidents. Semi-truck drivers must adhere to many federal trucking regulations for their safety and the safety of others. Trucking fatalities are...Read More