Practice Group | Bassford Remele

Catastrophic Injury/Wrongful Death

Cases involving serious injuries and wrongful death are some of the most sensitive — for plaintiffs and defendants alike. At Bassford Remele, we have been representing clients in these cases since our inception. We understand the nuances of this area of the law and have extensive experience working with the medical and scientific experts and evidence that accompany these claims.

Whether representing a corporation with an injured employee, insurers related to construction or transportation incidents, or families of someone killed in an accident, we have the institutional knowledge to provide the evaluation and assistance our clients deserve. Bassford Remele’s highly-experienced and dedicated team has the resources to represent our clients to success no matter how challenging, complex or risky a case may be.

Representative Cases

Currently representing the owner of a commercial trucking vehicle involved in a highway accident involving multiple fatalities.

Currently representing a Minnesota county in a wrongful death action, resulting from a motorcycle accident.

Defended an agricultural cooperative in Wisconsin, obtaining a favorable resolution in a case involving significant claims of conscious pain and suffering and punitive damages arising out of a grain-engulfment fatality in an ethanol production plant.

Represented a family, obtaining a favorable resolution in a motor vehicle accident involving an intoxicated driver who crossed the centerline, which resulted in the fatality of the father.

Represented a driver of a motor vehicle, obtaining a favorable resolution in an accident, that resulted in brain injuries to the driver.

Represented the driver of a commercial vehicle in a wrongful death action, obtaining a favorable resolution in a vehicle/pedestrian crosswalk accident.

Represented a trustee at a consolidated trial, obtaining a verdict in excess of $21 million in a wrongful death action involving four decedents arising out of a railroad crossing accident.

Represented the family of a young man, obtaining a favorable resolution in a civil rights case involving the young man being fatally shot by a police officer during an altercation.

Defended a regional public service provider, obtaining a favorable resolution in a catastrophic injury case involving a bicyclist struck by a transit bus.

Represented a bar patron, obtaining a favorable resolution when the patron suffered vicious knife wounds inflicted by an intoxicated patron who likely intended the wounds to be fatal.

Defended a regional public service provider, obtaining a favorable resolution in a wrongful death action involving a pedestrian struck by a transit bus.

Represented a woman, who was a passenger on a motorcycle being driven by her husband, obtaining a favorable resolution in a motor vehicle accident when the other driver ran a red light and struck the motorcycle, which resulted in the fatality of the husband and serious injuries to the wife.

Represented a family at trial, obtaining a $5 million jury verdict in a truck/motor vehicle accident, which resulted in the fatality of the five-year old daughter and spinal cord injuries to the father, rendering him a paraplegic.