Personal Injury, Workers Comp, &

Wrongful Death Lawyers

WORKERS COMPENSATION COVID CASES – SALITA FEATURED IN THE STAR TRIBUNE Senior partner Dean Salita, head of the Schmidt Salita Workers’ Compensation department, was recently featured in an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune Newspaper. The article reports on the largest ever fine to a Minnesota employer regarding workplace safety violations targeted at Covid-19. Sholom...Read More

I’m a Police Officer, Can I Sue a Suspect for Injuring Me? Law enforcement is a dangerous occupation and police officers are often injured due to the actions of a suspect, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. Police Officers know that they are able to recover workers’ compensation benefits such as wage...Read More

What is a Notice of Intent to Discontinue Benefits (NOID)?  We frequently receive calls asking for help after injured workers receive a “Notice of Intent to Discontinue Benefits” or a NOID. Injured workers who were once receiving ongoing wage loss benefits are suddenly cut off. People may be in a tough economic position, after relying on...Read More

MINNEAPOLIS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ATTORNEY – CHEMICAL EXPOSURES   The MINNEAPOLIS WORKERS COMPENSATION ATTORNEYS at the SCHMIDT SALITA LAW TEAM are experienced in bring justice to the victims of cancer from work-related conditions.  Minnesota workers are exposed to many chemicals that are carcinogenic, meaning that these chemicals can cause cancer with repeated exposure in the work...Read More

MINNESOTA FARM TRUCK INJURY LAWYER-5 STAR RATED, EXPERIENCED WITH FARM INJURY CASES The Minnesota Farm Truck Injury Lawyers at the Schmidt Salita Law Team has over 100 years of experience in handling various personal injury and wrongful death claims in Minnesota.  That experience includes many cases of injury to farmers and farmworkers. Farmers Work Hard! Their Lawyers Need...Read More

FARM INJURY LAWYERS MINNESOTA-EXPERIENCED FARM INJURY LAWYERS. The MINNESOTA FARM INJURY LAWYERS  at the SCHMIDT SALITA LAW TEAM have over 70 years, collectively, in bringing justice to the victims of Farm and agricultural injuries. Senior trial lawyer Douglas Schmidt was born and raised on a farm. He knows farming, He has milked cows by hand,...Read More

THE SCHMIDT LAW FIRM PRODUCES SUCCESSFUL WORKERS’ COMPENSATION SETTLEMENT FOR INJURED FARM WORKER The Schmidt Law Firm, in association with workers compensation attorney Dean Salita recently produced a successful settlement for an injured farm worker with immediate benefits totaling nearly $250,000. Additionally, the settlement will result in the Schmidt law firm client receiving lifetime medical...Read More

TOP RATED MINNESOTA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAWYERS- WHAT BENEFITS ARE MINNESOTA WORKERS ENTITLED TO UNDER THE MINNESOTA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ACT The Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Lawyers at the Schmidt Salita Law Team have over 100 years experience in handling various Workers’ Compensation and Wrongful Death Claims in Minnesota.  That experience includes many cases of injury or death to individuals...Read More

Unfortunately, the Minnesota Workers Compensation Act provides no money or damages to injured workers for the pain, suffering, and emotional distress they go through as a result of their work injury. The ability to pursue pain and suffering was given up as part of the Grand Bargain. The Grand Bargain was the agreement between labor...Read More

Can my Employer terminate me for pursuing workers’ compensation benefits? In Minnesota, employers cannot terminate you or threaten to terminate you for simply seeking workers compensation benefits. See Minnesota Statute Section 176.82. This statute makes it unlawful, and exposes the Employer to civil remedies for a separate employment law case, if the Employer decided to...Read More