Pedestrians and cyclists
Where fault is most often disputed and the injuries are most often severe. Which policy pays first is frequently not the one people expect.
Nothing on this page is advice about your situation, and no article can be. If you want your own facts looked at, a Minnesota personal injury attorney can do that.
It just happened
The first days. What to do, what not to say, and which clocks have already started.
- Hit while walking or on a bicycle: the coverage question starts with a definition
A pedestrian or a cyclist struck by a car in Minnesota usually has no-fault benefits, and the reason is a definition rather than a policy. What a bicycle is, what a motorcycle is, and what happens when there is no policy anywhere are each answered in a different section of the No-Fault Act.
Making the claim
Fault, thresholds, damages, and what the adjuster on the other end is actually doing.
- What a traffic ticket proves: the rules of the road for people who are not in a car
Minnesota's traffic code says in terms that breaking it is not negligence per se. That one sentence changes what a citation, a crosswalk, and a bicycle's road position are worth in an injury claim — and the rules themselves say less than most people think.