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THE KOSIERADZKI • SMITH LAW FIRM
The Kosieradzki • Smith Law Firm is recognized as a premier law firm in the field of serious personal injury and wrongful death matters. Based in the Minneapolis suburb of Plymouth, Minnesota, the Kosieradzki • Smith Law Firm represents clients throughout the Minneapolis-St. Paul Twin Cities area, the state of Minnesota and nationally, in cases involving catastrophic injury, including nursing home abuse, wrongful death, medical malpractice, products liability, vehicle accidents, trucking accidents, slip and fall accidents and premises liability, and other serious injuries caused by others’ wrongful and negligent acts.
Our lawyers have earned a national reputation for excellence, with decades of experience in the areas of personal injury and wrongful death. The firm’s partners, Mark Kosieradzki and Joel Smith, have been repeatedly recognized as Minnesota "Super Lawyers" by Law & Politics magazine. In addition, Mark Kosieradzki has been named a "Top 40 Personal Injury Super Lawyer" and a "Top 100 Super Lawyer" in Minnesota by Law & Politics magazine. In addition, Mark Kosieradzki has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America and is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
Our goal is to provide each client with the best representation possible. To ensure that every client receives the personal attention they deserve, our firm is very selective in the cases we accept. We understand the devastating effects that a catastrophic injury can have on you and your family’s lives. To learn how the Kosieradzki • Smith Law Firm can attain successful results for your specific case, please contact us today for a free initial consultation.
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Steps for Collecting from the U.S. Government for Certain Claims
In most states, an individual who is injured by an employee's negligent acts can generally sue the employer, if the (more...)
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Kosieradzki • Smith Law Firm Files Medical Product Liability Case Against General Electric. The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota on February 12, 2010, alleges that CT imaging machines manufactured and sold by General Electric emitted unsafe levels of radiation which caused multiple myeloma, a type of cancer that is linked to radiation poisoning. Click here for more information.
Mark Kosieradzki has been featured in the March 2009 issue of LawyersUSA, a national news publication for attorneys. The article, entitled "Voir Dire tips for med-mal cases," provides insights for trial attorneys regarding the jury selection process in medical malpractice trials. For its article, LawyersUSA "asked several veteran trial consultants and plaintiffs' trial attorneys [including Mark Kosieradzki] to share their favorite voir dire [jury selection] questions in med-mal cases, and to explain how those questions can increase the odds of a courtroom victory."
Mark Kosieradzki’s article, “The Impressive Cross Examination,” has been published in the March 2009 issue of Trial magazine. Trial is published by the American Association for Justice (AAJ). The article provides analysis for fellow trial lawyers to help jurors understand and process the evidence in a case through cross-examination of witnesses at trial.
KOSIERADZKI NAMED "BEST LAWYER"
Mark Kosieradzki has been selected for the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® in the specialty of Personal Injury Litigation. For over a quarter of a century, Best Lawyers® has been regarded – by both the profession and the public – as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. Selection to Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review survey comprising more than 2.8 million confidential evaluations by the top attorneys in the country.
STAR-TRIBUNE REPORT: DEADLY FALLS IN MINNESOTA NURSING HOMES
The Star-Tribune has just published a three-part investigation report about the significance of nursing home fall incidents. Reporters Glenn Howatt and Pam Louwagie have put together an excellent expose on a problem the Kosieradzki Smith Law Firm has been fighting for years – preventable falls in nursing homes with catastrophic and deadly consequences.
“More than 100 Minnesotans die each year after falls in the state’s 397 nursing homes. Nothing the nursing home industry has done in the past seven years has significantly reduced the number of deaths.”
“Hospital bills to treat the elderly for falls totaled more than $1.1 billion in Minnesota between 1998 and 2005, according to the State Department of Health.” Click here for to learn more about this important report.
Kara Rahimi recently spoke to the national Nursing Home Litigation Group a conference for the American Association for Justice (AAJ). The conference, "Litigating Nursing Cases," took place in Chicago on October 17th and 18th. Kara spoke on the subject of "Electronic Medical Research." |
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