Southwest Minnesota Injury Lawyer

Southwest Minnesota Injury Lawyers

The personal injury lawyers on the Schmidt & Salita Law Team are throughout the state of Minnesota, but especially those victims of personal injury and wrongful death, and Southwest Minnesota.

The Schmidt & Salita lawyers have over 70 years of experience in representing personal injury victims from car accidents, trucking accidents, and workplace accidents. That experience includes the representation of many clients in the Southwest corner of the State of Minnesota, including Nobles County, Jackson County, Cottonwood County, Martin County, Murray County, Rock County, Pipestone County, Lincoln County, Lyon County, and Redwood County and the cities and towns of Worthington, Fairmont, Jackson, Luverne, Pipestone, Slayton, Marshall, Windom, Redwood Falls, Gaylord, and New Ulm.

Case examples include the following:

• $2.1 million settlement in a semi-truck collision near Fairmont, Minnesota, in Martin County.
• $600,000 settlement in Redwood County case near Redwood Falls.
• $457,570 settlement in Murray County case, near Slayton and Chandler, Minnesota.

Settlements

Douglas Schmidt has produced large settlements and jury verdicts in agricultural cases as well, including the following:

• $52 million settlement in a class action for farmers against Chubb Insurance regarding a “rain insurance” policy.
• $600,000 settlement for farmers from Nobles, Jackson, Cottonwood, Murray, and Rock County against Ciba-Geigy, which was set for trial in the Jackson County Courthouse in Jackson, Minnesota.
• A $1.4 million jury verdict was given for Nobles County dairy farmers regarding defective vaccines.

Douglas Schmidt was born and raised on a farm in Jackson County. He practiced law in Worthington for 10 years before moving to the Minneapolis area. He continues to represent clients from Southwest Minnesota. Contact us today to start fighting for your rights!