Steve Fields | Minneapolis Workers' Compensation Lawyer

Work Injury Recoveries
$200,000 A woman working as a machine operator at a manufacturing plant suffered an injury to her right hand when she fell into a machine at work. We helped the woman secure a $200,000 settlement against her employer and its workers’ compensation insurer. $192,000 Attorney Kristen Gyolai and our team helped an injured nurse obtain a significant settlement from a large hospital. The client suffered a low back injury at work while transferring a patient from a stretcher to a hospital bed. Our staff helped the injured nurse obtain a significant settlement of over $190,000. $175,000 We represented a carpenter who sustained a serious back injury while working for his employer that made him unable to continue working as a carpenter. The final settlement for the client was $175,000. In addition to the settlement, medical benefits related to the client’s back remain open, meaning our team continues to work with the client’s doctors today to ensure that he gets all of the medical care that he needs due to his work injury. $175,000 One of our clients suffered a severe low back injury while he was loading heavy cases at his employer’s manufacturing plant. We helped the client obtained a $175,000 settlement for his case, which helped him to move past his unfortunate work injury. $163,000 Our office had the opportunity to represent a state employee who had developed PTSD as a result of his work. Attorney Kristen Gyolai fought the insurance company to help this client obtain a settlement of more than $160,000 to compensate him for his past and future wage loss, medical expenses, and his permanent partial disability due to his mental and physical work injuries. $160,000 A 24 year-old construction worker suffered a fractured vertebra while he was working on a project for his employer. We settled this case for $160,000, with the agreement that the employer and its insurer would continue to pay future medical treatment the employee will reasonably require for his back injury. $205,000 Our team represented a woman who injured her ankle while working as a gas station clerk. Our team fought the employer and insurer to obtain a settlement of over $200,000 and to ensure that they continued to pay for her ongoing medical treatment related to the work injury. $150,000 Attorney Kristen Gyolai represented a man who worked as school janitor. The man slipped and fell on ice while working, tearing his right shoulder rotator cuff. She helped him obtained a settlement from his employer of $150,000, which included compensation for wage loss, medical expenses, and the permanent disability he incurred as the result of his work injury. $125,000 Our team represented a woman who sustained a leg injury while carrying cement bricks in her position as a laborer for a large construction company.The final settlement amount in this case was $125,000. $115,000 Attorney Kristen Gyolai and our team represented a man who sustained multiple back injuries over the course of several years. Kristen Gyolai worked with doctors to prove that the injuries he suffered at work were a substantial contributing factor in his permanent and total disability and to obtain the client a $115,000 settlement from his employer and the insurance company. $103,500 Our office represented a woman who hurt her shoulder and ribs while working on a light rail crew for a construction company. Our team fought the insurance company to secure her a settlement that compensated her for her wage loss due to the lay-off, her medical bills, and her rehabilitation expenses. We obtained a settlement for this client in excess of $100,000. $100,000 We represented a man who injured his left shoulder when he fell off of a truck while working as an abatement worker. As result of his shoulder injury, the man underwent a rotator cuff repair operation and participated in extensive therapy. The settlement included $100,000 and an agreement that the employer and insurer would pay for future medical treatment related to the work injury. $99,000 Our team represented a department store worker in a claim against her employer after a bank of lockers fell on top of her at work, causing a compression fracture in her lower spine. Attorney Kristen Gyolai settled the claim through mediation for $99,000, ensuring that the employer and insurer would pay all future reasonable and necessary medical expenses related to her serious and complex back injury. $100,000 A truck driver fell out of a truck while working for his employer, sustaining a severe low back injury. In the end, our attorneys and staff worked with the driver’s doctors to obtain a settlement in the amount $100,000 for his work injury. $100,000 Our team represented a machinist with a physically demanding job who sustained a herniated disc in his low back at work. Our workers’ compensation attorneys helped the client obtain a significant settlement in the amount $100,000, which allowed him to move past his unfortunate work injury. $115,000 Our office represented an airplane mechanic who broke his right hand when he fell at work. Our workers’ compensation attorneys helped the mechanic obtain a settlement in the amount of $115,000. $113,000 We represented a hospital employee who sustained a significant back injury while transferring a patient at work. Our team helped the client obtain settlement against the hospital and its insurer for more than $110,000 due to his permanent, total disability. $100,000 We represented a man who drove trucks and stocked inventory for a multi-national products wholesaler. Attorney Kristen Gyolai fought the insurance company to secure the worker a settlement of $100,000 with respect to his work injury. $140,000 A man with a long history of back problems sustained an acute low back injury while he was loading product at the farm where he worked. One of our attorneys successfully mediated this case, obtaining the client a $140,000 settlement for the injured worker.