Case Results

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Past Case Wins

Over the years, Meshbesher & Student have proven to be a force to be reckoned with inside and outside of the courtroom. Having recovered millions on behalf of past personal injury clients, many victims have had the chance to recover and get back to living their best lives. As for the criminally-accused, many previous case outcomes resulted in reduced charges and "not-guilty" verdicts. To see what we are capable of, take a look at our past verdicts and settlements.

Civil Rights & Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Attorneys Richard Student and Steven Meshbesher obtained one of the largest of its kind settlements in Minnesota in a federal civil rights and disability discrimination lawsuit against Ramsey County and four of its correctional officers. A detainee at Ramsey County Jail suffered a medical emergency while in custody, which correctional officers ignored and for which treatment was denied, resulting in the death of the detainee. The case was settled for $3,600,000.

Civil Rights Victories
$3,500,000 Motorcycle Crash Settlement
Attorneys Richard Student and Steven Meshbesher reached a $3,500,000 settlement on behalf of their clients, husband and wife, who sustained serious injuries in a motorcycle crash in Mankato, Minnesota.

Motorcycle Settlement
$3,000,000 Civil Rights Settlement
Attorneys Richard Student and Steven Meshbesher brought suit against Ramsey County regarding a severe leg injury sustained by a detainee at the Adult Detention Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in February 2021. The lawsuit alleged correctional officers at the jail used excessive force in violation of the detainee’s Fourteenth Amendment rights, when they executed a takedown maneuver while the inmate was handcuffed behind her back. The lawsuit further alleged jail personnel violated the detainee’s constitutional right to medical care when they willfully failed to provide the detainee medical treatment for the severe and obvious injuries the detainee sustained as a result of the use of force. The parties settled the case for $3,000,000.
Media coverage regarding the case:
https://www.startribune.com/ramsey-county-pays-3-million-to-settle-lawsuit-by-homeless-woman-who-charged-jailers-injured-her/600284063

Civil Rights Victories
$2,500,000 Judgment for Family in Wrongful Death Case
Meshbesher & Student represented the next of kin of a young woman tragically killed by a negligent driver while she was commuting to work on her motorcycle. Damages recovered in the wrongful death action included loss of comfort and companionship, as well as loss of future earning capacity, sustained by the family.

Car Accidents
$744,000 Car Accident Victim
Richard Student and Steven Meshbesher obtained a total recovery of more than $744,000 for back injuries their client sustained in a rear-end automobile crash in Minnesota. Recoveries were obtained by way of a claim against the involved at-fault driver, and a subsequent underinsured motorist claim with their client’s own auto insurance company.

Car Accidents
$613,500 Drunk Driving Crash
Attorneys Richard Student and Steven Meshbesher represented a good Samaritan who sustained serious injuries when he was struck by a drunk driver while helping with a disabled vehicle on a freeway in Bloomington, Minnesota. Multiple settlements totaling $613,500 were reached with (1) the insurance carrier for the drunk driver, (2) the bars that had allegedly made illegal sales of alcohol to the driver in violation of Minnesota’s dram shop law, and (3) the automobile insurance carrier responsible for paying underinsured motorist benefits.

Car Accidents
$475,000 Compensation for Exonerated Prisoner
Client was wrongfully convicted of criminal sexual conduct and was imprisoned for over one year. He was exonerated and freed after law enforcement discovered evidence that the sole witness against him had falsely accused him. Meshbesher & Student pursued a claim for compensation under Minnesota's recently enacted law that allows exonerated individuals to do so, and successfully negotiated a $475,000 settlement with the State of Minnesota at mediation.

Civil Rights Victories
$350,000 Recovery - Motor Vehicle Accident, Ulnar Nerve Injury
Client was a passenger in a vehicle involved in a collision in central Minnesota. The impact to the passenger side door caused damage to client's ulnar nerve in his arm. The injury resulted in permanent loss of range of motion and function to client's hand, and client incurred approximately $25,000 in medical expenses. Meshbesher & Student obtained policy limit settlements of the liability and underinsured motorist claims, recovering a total of $350,000. This case is a good example of the rule that, under Minnesota law, injured accident victims are entitled to compensation not just for medical expenses and lost income, but for pain and suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, and disability as well.

Car Accidents
$300,000 Auto Liability And Underinsured Motorist Settlements For Injured Passenger
Client was a passenger in his friend's SUV, returning from a hunting weekend, when they were struck head on by another vehicle that crossed the centerline on a county road in rural Minnesota. Client sustained serious compound fractures to his wrist and other injuries. Client also experienced gastrointestinal injury caused by the medications prescribed by his treating doctors. Meshbesher & Student obtained a $100,000 policy limit settlement with the insurance company for the driver of the other vehicle and then negotiated a $200,000 underinsured motorist settlement with his friend's insurance company. Although his friend was not at fault, his friend's insurance company was obligated to pay underinsured benefits to our client because he was a passenger in the insured vehicle.

Car Accidents

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