Practice areas
The cases we take,and the ones we refer.
Halloran & Reid handles personal injury and wrongful-death cases. Each area below lists what we accept, what we send elsewhere, and the deadline that governs it.
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Motor vehicle & trucking
Highway and city crashes, and the commercial carriers and insurers behind them.
Time to file
6 yearsEach dot is one month. Each row is a year.
Six years for most negligence claims, Minn. Stat. § 541.05.
A crash involving a city, county, or state vehicle needs written notice within 180 days.
A rough guide only. Exceptions can change a deadline, and a partner confirms yours at the consultation.
We represent drivers, passengers, motorcyclists, cyclists, and pedestrians hurt in collisions across Minnesota. When a commercial truck is involved, we move in the first days to preserve the driver's logbook, the engine data, and the camera footage before the carrier's retention window closes. We have tried motor-carrier cases in Hennepin and Ramsey Counties and in federal court.
We take
- Highway and city collisions
- Trucking and federal motor-carrier cases
- Rideshare crashes with coverage disputes
- Hit-and-run and uninsured-motorist claims
- Motorcycle, bicycle, and pedestrian injuries
- Bad-faith claims against your own insurer
We refer out
- Property-damage-only claims
- Minor crashes with no injury
What we preserve first
Logbook and ELD data
Hours of service and duty status, pulled before the carrier's retention window closes.
Preservation letter on day one
Dash-cam and 911 audio
From the carrier's cameras and the county dispatch center.
Requested in week one
Engine control module
Speed, braking, and throttle in the seconds before impact.
Downloaded in week two
Workplace injuries
Construction, manufacturing, and warehouse injuries where someone other than your employer is at fault.
Time to file
6 yearsEach dot is one month. Each row is a year.
Six years for claims against a negligent third party, Minn. Stat. § 541.05.
Tell your employer about the injury right away. Workers' comp expects written notice within 14 days.
A rough guide only. Exceptions can change a deadline, and a partner confirms yours at the consultation.
Workers' compensation pays part of the loss and bars most suits against your employer. It does nothing to protect a careless subcontractor, an equipment maker, or the owner of the site. We work alongside your comp claim, or refer you to comp counsel we trust, and pursue those third parties for what comp leaves out.
We take
- Falls from scaffolds, ladders, and roofs
- Equipment and machinery defects
- Warehouse and distribution injuries
- Hazards created by another contractor
- Manufacturing line injuries
- Crashes while driving for work
We refer out
- Workers' comp claims on their own (we refer to comp specialists)
- OSHA matters with no civil claim
What we preserve first
Site and safety records
Daily logs, safety plans, and subcontractor agreements.
Requested in week one
The equipment itself
Held for inspection before it is repaired or scrapped.
Hold letter in week one
Coworker accounts
Statements taken while memories are still fresh.
Taken in the first month
Premises liability
Falls, collapses, dog bites, and assaults that reasonable care would have prevented.
Time to file
6 yearsEach dot is one month. Each row is a year.
Six years for most premises claims, Minn. Stat. § 541.05.
Property owned by a city, county, or the state needs written notice within 180 days.
A rough guide only. Exceptions can change a deadline, and a partner confirms yours at the consultation.
Property owners owe reasonable care to the people they invite in. When someone is hurt, the case turns on what the owner knew, when they knew it, and what they did about it. We move quickly to preserve surveillance footage, maintenance logs, and prior-incident reports before they are recorded over or thrown out.
We take
- Slip and fall on commercial property
- Assaults in parking ramps and lots
- Inadequate security in apartment buildings
- Dog bites and animal attacks
- Falling objects and structural failures
- Pool and recreation injuries
We refer out
- Minor falls on a friend's private property
- Trespasser claims, with rare exceptions
What we preserve first
Surveillance footage
Most systems record over themselves within 7 to 30 days.
Preservation letter on day one
Maintenance and incident logs
What the owner knew about the hazard, and when.
Requested in week one
The condition itself
Photographed and measured before anyone fixes it.
Documented in week one
Wrongful death
Claims for spouses, children, and next of kin after a death someone else caused.
Time to file
3 yearsEach dot is one month. Each row is a year.
Three years from the date of death, Minn. Stat. § 573.02.
A rough guide only. Exceptions can change a deadline, and a partner confirms yours at the consultation.
In Minnesota, a court-appointed trustee brings a wrongful-death claim on behalf of the family. We prepare the trustee petition, work alongside probate counsel, and build the damages case with economists and the people who knew your family member best. We keep these cases out of the press.
We take
- Deaths caused by a crash, a work injury, or unsafe property
- Claims brought for spouses, children, and next of kin
- Lost financial support and household services
- Loss of advice, comfort, and protection
- Funeral and final medical expenses
- Cases where more than one party shares fault
We refer out
- Probate on its own (we refer to estate counsel)
- Will contests and estate disputes
What we preserve first
Reports and records
Medical examiner, police, and hospital records.
Requested in week one
Trustee petition
Filed early so the claim can be brought in time.
Filed in the first month
Economic loss
The support, services, and counsel your family lost.
Built with an economist
Referrals
If we're the wrong firm,we know the right one.
We keep working relationships with Minnesota lawyers across the practice areas we don’t handle. If your matter belongs with one of them, we’ll make the introduction ourselves.
- Employment
- Medical malpractice
- Criminal defense
- Family law
- Estates and probate
- Immigration
- Class actions
If you were hurt,the first call is on us.
Free and confidential. A partner calls back the same business day, and if another firm fits your case better, we’ll tell you which one.
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