Bemidji, MN
Workers compensation Lawyer at Bemidji, MN
Practice Areas: Workers Compensation, Personal Injury
OUTCOME:
The Cass Lake Superfund Site is one of the most polluted sites in the United States. Toxic substances such as dioxin, arsenic, and other toxic chemicals have harmed the land, the watershed and harmed t ... he health of many of Cass Lake’s past and current residents. Mark is one of the attorneys representing over 200 clients in relation to personal injury and real estate claims in Cass Lake.
OUTCOME:
Mark represented clients who were teachers at Red Lake High School and had personal injury and/or workers’ compensation claims as a result of the March 21, 2005, Red Lake High School Shooting Tragedy. ... The physical and emotional injuries sustained by the victims of the Red Lake Shooting tragedy were immense. Rodgers & Garbow, PLLC worked tirelessly on the teachers' cases and successfully tried and settled all cases for undisclosed amounts.
OUTCOME:
The young farm worker sustained severe back injuries while working for a sugar beet operation. The Employer aggressively defended the claim, claiming that there was no injury on the job. A trial was he ... ld where approximately 10 lay witnesses were present at trial on behalf of the Employer and Employee. Due to the skillful cross-examination and careful case preparation by Attorney Mark Rodgers, many of the Employer’s witnesses changed their testimony on the witness stand and indicated under oath that the injured worker had injured himself on the job. At the Employer’s request these same witnesses had prior to trial indicated that the injured worker had not hurt himself on the job. The compensation judge awarded the Employee ongoing workers’ compensation benefits with the total amount of compensation paid to the employee in the sum of $223,000 with medical benefits remaining open.
OUTCOME:
(Name withheld at the request of the client.) Client was exposed to welding fumes causing him a permanent pulmonary condition (asthma) and ongoing surgical treatment for removal of work related lipoma ... s (skin lesions). Liability for both of these conditions was denied by the workers' compensation insurer. The case proceeded to trial and the judge found all of the injured worker's conditions to be covered by workers' compensation which eventually resulted in compensation paid to the injured worker of $352,000. Compensation Judge Nancy Olson stated that: "This case involved very complex issues of medical causation. Mr. Rodgers' expertise was essential in obtaining this positive result for his client. This is an extremely complex workers' compensation claim which required a time commitment from Mr. Rodgers' far in excess of that normally seen in litigated workers' compensation cases."
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