Personal Injury | Conor E. Tobin, Esq.

On January 13, 2015, the Minnesota Supreme Court will hear an appeal from the victims of a 2008 school bus crash in Cottonwood in Lyon County. The crash was major news in Minnesota for several months as the criminal case played out. The bus had been crashed into by a pickup truck driven by Guatemalan immigrant, Olga Marie Franco, who was charged in state court with criminal vehicular homicide and operation and was subsequently charged in federal court with aggravated identity theft and false representation of a social security number.

As a result of the crash, 4 children were killed and 15 people were injured when the collision occurred and the bus tipped over. Continue reading Minnesota Supreme Court to hear appeal in 2008 fatal bus crash case →

Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. v. Harris

Can the family of a soldier who died when he was electrocuted while showering in a facility constructed by a military contractor sue the contractor for the soldier’s wrongful death? Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. v. Harris will address this question. Cases like this are so fascinating because they are really a gate-keeper issue, that is, they address whether a person can even access the court to present a claim.

The case deals with the Federal Tort Claims Act and began when a military staff sergeant was electrocuted while taking a shower due to an ungrounded wire. The family sued the contractor for wrongful death that was allegedly to the negligent maintenance by the contractor, Kellogg, Brown & Root Services, Inc. Continue reading January 13, 2015 Supreme Court: Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. v. Harris →