SiebenCarey

Award-Winning Injury Attorneys

Throughout the years, SiebenCarey attorneys have been recognized by their clients, their peers and the profession for their achievements in protecting injured people.

• Certified Civil Trial Law Specialists: 8 Certified Civil Trial Law Specialists, Minnesota Bar Association
  3 Board Certified Trial Advocates, National Board of Trial Advocacy
• Minnesota Super Lawyers and Rising Stars: 2008 - Present
• Best Lawyers in America: 2008 - Present
• Best Law Firm (U.S. News & World Report): 2010 - Present
• Attorneys of the Year (Minnesota Lawyer): 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2018
• Up & Coming Attorneys (Minnesota Lawyer): 2008, 2010, 2011

Verdicts and Settlements

$9,100,000.00    Landmark Tuberculosis Class Action Lawsuit

• Litigation Type - Other Accidents
• Client Injury - Tuberculosis
• Jeffrey M. Montpetit (Attorney)
• United States District Court Judge approved a landmark settlement in a class action stemming from a TB outbreak at the Ramsey County Correctional Facility.

$9,000,000.00   Preventing Sledding Accidents

• Litigation Type - Product Liability
• Client Injury - Paralysis
• Arthur C. Kosieradzki (Attorney)
• A Hennepin County jury returned a favorable verdict for a paralyzing injury a young boy suffered while riding a popular plastic sled sold by the K-Mart Corporation.

$6,000,000.00   Motorcycle Enthusiast Seriously Injured

• Litigation Type - Motorcycle Accidents
• Client Injury - Head Injury
• Arthur C. Kosieradzki (Attorney)
• A motorcyclist hit by a semi truck sustained a serious head injury. Art Kosieradzki proved that the semi driver was responsible for the accident.

$6,000,000.00   Train Accident Kills Four Teens

• Litigation Type - Train Accidents
• Client Injury - Death
• William O. Bongard (Attorney)
• Bill Bongard represented the family of one of the teens killed at a railroad crossing. He and attorneys for the other teens filed a claim against the BNSF railroad for negligence in causing their deaths.

$5,000,000.00   Sodium Given in Place of Formula Causes Brain Damages

• Litigation Type - Hospital Negligence
• Client Injury - Brain Damage
• Sodium given to newborn in place of formula causes brain damage.

$4,700,000.00    Brutal Assault Causes Permanent Brain Damage

• Litigation Type - Other Accidents
• Client Injury - Permanent Brain Damage
• Harry A. Sieben, Jr. (Attorney)
• Harry Sieben represented man who was brutally assaulted after drinking at a bar.

$4,250,000.00   Mistake By Surgeon & Anesthesiologist Causes Complete Quadriplegia

• Litigation Type - Medical Malpractice
• Client Injury - Quadriplegia
• Paul Schweiger represented a woman who underwent a neck surgery that resulted in a severe spinal cord injury.

$4,000,000.00    Surgery for Tumor in One Kidney Results in Loss of Both Kidneys

• Litigation Type - Surgical Complications
• Client Injury - Loss of Kidneys
• A mistake by her surgeon caused a young girl to lose both kidneys. SiebenCarey obtained a settlement that will help provide for the life-long medical expenses she will need.

$4,000,000.00    Motorcycle Driver Needs Leg Amputation

• Litigation Type - Motorcycle Accidents
• Client Injury - Leg Amputation
• Paul K. Downes (Attorney)
• Paul Downes represented a 26 year-old man who suffered multiple fractures to his lower leg, a shoulder injury, and “road rash.” One year later, the client required amputation of his lower leg.

$3,750,000.00    Winter Preparations Saddle Client With Lifelong Injuries

• Litigation Type - Car Accidents
• Client Injury - Brain Injury
• Jeffrey S. Sieben (Attorney)
• Michael agreed to help a neighbor place markers for the snow plow drivers in their neighborhood. When the pickup truck Michael was seated on lurched forward, he was seriously brain injured.

$3,600,000.00    Unsafe Sanitation Practices Cause Serious Injury

• Litigation Type - Car Accidents
• Client Injury - Amputation of legs, paralysis
• James P. Carey (Attorney)
• A collision occurred between our client and a garbage truck one early morning when it was facing the wrong direction in the roadway.

$3,150,000.00    Mishandled Labor and Delivery Results in Cerebral Palsy

• Litigation Type - Birth Injuries
• Client Injury - Cerebral Palsy
• SiebenCarey represents parents and their daughter for life-long injuries caused by a mishandled delivery.

$3,000,000.00   Salesperson Injured On Sales Trip

• Litigation Type - Auto Accidents
• Client Injury - Spinal Cord Injury
• Robert T. Brabbit (Attorney)
• Our client suffered a cervical spinal cord injury that rendered him a quadriplegic. The employer denied liability claiming the sales incentive trip was not in the course and scope of employment.

$2,625,000.00   Passenger in Semi Crash Suffers Permanent Injuries

• Litigation Type - Semi Truck Accidents
• Client Injury - Back, Spine and Pelvic Injuries
• Cory P. Whalen (Attorney)
• Our client was asleep in the sleeping compartment of a semi-tractor when an accident occurred. The semi driver fell asleep and drove down a large embankment causing the accident.

$2,550,000.00   Drunk Driver Kills Pedestrian

• Litigation Type - Pedestrian Accidents
• Client Injury - Death
• Cory P. Whalen (Attorney)
• After a young man was tragically hit and killed as a pedestrian by a drunk driver, his distraught family turned to SiebenCarey for legal help.

$2,500,000.00    Man Falls Through Roof on Construction Site

• Litigation Type - Construction Accidents
• Client Injury - Orthopedic and Brain Injuries
• James P. Carey (Attorney)
• Our client, a union roofer, fell through a hole in the roof that was covered with plywood but not properly secured.

$2,100,000.00    Client Awarded $2.1 Million For Devastating Car Accident

• Litigation Type - Car Accidents
• Client Injury - Traumatic Brain Injury & PTSD
• James P. Carey (Attorney)
• Jim Carey tried a case for a Chisago City woman who was badly injured in a car accident. The at fault driver's insurance company refused to admit fault or offer compensation until litigation was initiated.

$2,050,000.00   Hit and Run Driver Found by Diligent Investigation

• Litigation Type - Car Accidents
• Client Injury - Leg Injury
• Harry A. Sieben, Jr. (Attorney)
• Our client was a passenger on a motorcycle that was struck by an SUV that ran a red light. The driver of the SUV had been drinking and left the accident scene. Months later, after extensive police investigation aided by the law firm's investigator, the police charged the driver of the SUV with leaving the scene of a personal injury accident, he was found guilty and served time in jail.

$2,000,000.00    Failure to Diagnose Heart Problems Result in Emergency Surgery

• Litigation Type - Medical Malpractice
• Client Injury - Aortic Dissection
• Our client sustained a massive aortic dissection. An emergency surgical repair saved our client's life but left him Pacemaker dependent and with cognitive deficits.

$2,000,000.00    Football Player Blinded in Assault

• Litigation Type - Other Accidents
• Client Injury - Loss of Vision
• Paul K. Downes (Attorney)
• A former football player with the Nebraska Cornhuskers was awarded $2 million by a Hennepin County jury for injuries he suffered during an attack at a bar in the Minneapolis Warehouse District.

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