Anoka, MN
Personal injury Lawyer at Anoka, MN
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Defective and Dangerous Products
OUTCOME: Multi-million dollar settlement
Young boy who had both legs amputated in a railroad accident. Marty was trying to hop on a train car at a location that had worn footpaths and had been used by the neighborhood for over fifty years. ... BNSF knew that kids were playing near the tracks and knew that they had a legal obligation to fence the railroad right-of-way to protect children and pedestrians.
OUTCOME: Significant pre-suit settlement
Whistleblower case under FRSA for long-time railroad worker who was wrongfully terminated for reporting dangerous conditions (asbestos, lead paint, etc.) and for requesting safety equipment for his fel ... low rail workers.
OUTCOME: Landmark FELA Supreme Court Case
Landmark FELA railroad worker case that was heard in front of the United States Supreme Court. Joe authored an amicus brief on behalf of the Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys, an organization dedicated ... to representing injured railroad workers. The brief was closely followed--and twice cited--in Justice Ginsberg's majority opinion.
OUTCOME: Settled
(Believed to be a record settlement against the DMVW. Accident occurred when DMVW’s tracks washed out and the locomotive crashed into the hole created by the washout. Primary injury was PTSD
OUTCOME: Settled
North Dakota dram shop cases involving three bars and a drunk driver and an innocent client who ultimately had her leg amputated. Despite one of the four bars having insurance, settlements exceeded one ... million dollars
OUTCOME: Settled During Trial
Railroad worker in Spokane, WA, sustained a traumatic brain injury while working for BNSF. Railroad insisted on accusing Mr. Shinkle of faking this career ending injury. BNSF was caught destroying evid ... ence and the court determined they were completely liable for the injury. BNSF faced sanctions after trial. Halfway through trial, a favorable settlement was reached
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