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 benefits for treatment of his injuries.
Attorney Dean Salita has many years of experience specializing in workers’ compensation claims. He currently serves as chairman of the worker’s compensation subcommittee of the Minnesota Association of justice.
Minnesota’s worker’s compensation laws provide for recovery of lost wages and medical bills. When a person is in insured at work, or “on the job”. The laws of the state of Minnesota require that all employers must carry workers compensation insurance that provides those benefits to their insured employees, regardless of fault.
Minnesota Worker’s Compensation laws are essentially a “no-fault” system. Injured employees are entitled to workers’ compensation benefits even where they or coworkers were at fault in causing injuries.
It is, however, important for the injured were worker to consult an attorney immediately in order to be confident that entitlement to benefits is not lost because of failure to file a timely claim within the time periods provided by law.
Workers’ compensation benefits under Minnesota law include the following: 1. Wage loss benefits; Payment of all medical and healthcare-related costs; Lump money payments for disability; benefits for dependents of a worker that dies in the work-related injury; vocational rehabilitation benefits; retraining benefits; death and dependency benefits.
The Schmidt Salita Law Team handles cases involving car accidents, trucking accidents, motorcycle accidents, pedestrian car accidents, and bicycle accidents. It has many years’ experience in workers , products liability and medical malpractice cases.
The Schmidt Salita Law Team has extensive experience with concussion injuries, traumatic brain injuries, neck and back injuries, whiplash injuries, broken bones, injured joint injuries (knee, hip, shoulder, wrist, ankle, spinal), amputation injuries, and vision and eye injuries.
The Schmidt Salita Law Team has offices through out the State of Minnesota. Its primary location is at Ridgedale Office Center in Minnetonka, near the intersection of I394 and I494. The offices are ground level, handicap accessible with ample parking.
The firm offers contingent fee agreements (You don’t pay lawyers fees until you collect and then only as a percentage of the settlement). It also offers home and hospital visits to clients whose injuries present difficulty in coming to the office.
The Schmidt Salita Law Team has locations throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minneapolis and St. Paul, as well as Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Plymouth, Osseo, Anoka, Coon Rapids, Brooklyn Center, Fridley, Blaine, Shoreview, Woodbury, Falcon Heights, Columbia Park, Stillwater, Hastings, Inver Grove, Cottage Grove, South St. Paul, Apple Valley, Eagan, Burnsville, Savage, Shakopee, Richfield, Bloomington, Chaska, Chanhassen, Edina, Eden Prairie, and Hopkins.
This page has been written, edited, and reviewed by a team of legal writers following our comprehensive editorial guidelines. This page was approved by Founding Partner, Dean M. Salita, with more than 30 years of legal experience as a personal injury attorney.
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