Death of a family member
A claim the family does not hold. Minnesota routes it through a court-appointed trustee, on its own clock.
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.
- Which clocks start the day you are hurt
Minnesota does not have one injury deadline. It has a general six-year limitation, several much shorter ones, at least three notice periods that expire long before any of them, and a rule about when a lawsuit counts as started that surprises people.
When it goes wrong
Denials, lowball offers, disputed fault, and the deadlines that end a claim quietly.
- Wrongful death in Minnesota: the family does not hold the claim, a court-appointed trustee does
Minnesota's death statute vests the action in a trustee the court appoints, and the Minnesota Supreme Court has called an action started without one a legal nullity. The measure of damages was also rewritten in 2023, and most descriptions of it are out of date.