Family of Minnesota Teen Awarded $2 Million in Wrongful Death Lawsuit

By John Kristensen of Kristensen Weisberg, LLP posted in Wrongful Death on Friday, December 1, 2017.

What should have been a routine dental procedure quickly turned into a parent’s worst nightmare? On June 9, 2015, seventeen-year-old Sydney Galleger of Edina, MN visited a dentist to have her wisdom teeth removed. But when she placed under anesthesia, she never woke up. The Galleger family accused Dr. Tompach and his staff …

Deadly Wildfires: Can You File a Wrongful Death Lawsuit?

By John Kristensen of Kristensen Weisberg, LLP posted in Wrongful Death on Friday, October 27, 2017.

Los Angeles and California as a whole is no stranger to wildfires and the fatalities and damages that come along with the destructive force of nature. Despite many thinking that it’s impossible to hold some party in particular accountable for a wildfire’s damage or even wrongful death of their family members, what many …

What You Need to Know About Wrongful Death

By John Kristensen of Kristensen Weisberg, LLP posted in Wrongful Death on Friday, October 6, 2017.

The loss of a family member or a loved one is always devastating.  But it is especially difficult when it happens to a person who is the head of a household. Not only must family members deal with the emotional pain, they will also have to deal with tremendous financial hardships brought on …