South Dakota Injuries

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You went back to work. The infection was already spreading.

A Brookings janitor can still have a workers' comp claim for the original injury and the bad surgical aftermath, and the hospital mistake may be a separate case entirely.

ARTICLE by Janet Stensland

Hospital filed a lien after your Watertown trauma claim? Yeah, it can swallow the payout

A Watertown commuter with severe anxiety after witnessing a fatal workplace accident may have a real injury claim, but a hospital lien can rip through the money fast.

ARTICLE by Karen Olson

A Watertown rollover can wreck your neck and still turn into a blame ambush

A daycare worker with a cervical spine injury after a rollover can watch the payout get gutted fast if the insurer pins too much blame on her, and kids in the vehicle trigger a different set of rules.

ARTICLE by Karen Olson

Preexisting Back Conditions in South Dakota Workers' Comp

A sore back on an old chart is not the same thing as a free pass for workers' comp to deny a new job injury that made it worse.

ARTICLE by Mary Crow Dog

I kept working around concrete dust on the night shift - did I just wreck my claim in Watertown?

A Watertown night-shift security guard with silicosis may still have a claim even if they stayed on the job, there were no witnesses, and the contractor is denying the dust exposure.

ARTICLE by Brenda Schoenfeld

Sioux Falls has kept you waiting for months while "comparative negligence" guts your fume injury claim

An office worker in Sioux Falls got lung damage from workplace fumes, and now the defense is trying to dump a huge share of the blame on him while he also worries about his VA benefits.

ARTICLE by Karen Olson

Late-Discovered Work Injuries and Reporting Deadlines

South Dakota workers usually need to give written notice of a job injury fast, and waiting because the pain got worse later can turn into a nasty fight over the claim.

ARTICLE by Mary Crow Dog

The clinic says your elbow's fine, your doctor says it's wrecked, and Rapid City's insurer is using the gap against you

A delayed ER visit after a sidewalk fall in Rapid City does not automatically kill the claim, but it gives the insurer an opening to argue the shattered elbow came from something else.

ARTICLE by Janet Stensland

Mitchell parking lot fall, clean MRI, fake "independent" doctor - and you're about ready to quit

When a Mitchell slip-and-fall claim gets kneecapped by an IME doctor even though the MRI shows real injury, Medicare and medical liens can turn the whole thing into a financial trap.

ARTICLE by Karen Olson

My lawyer says I'm 40% at fault for a Sioux Falls head-on crash and that feels completely off

A Sioux Falls postal worker with a shattered femur after a head-on crash is being told he shares enough blame to gut the value of the case.

ARTICLE by Wayne Hustead

My coworker said my bad knee means no claim after a recalled tire blowout?

If the ER doctor said the crash aggravated your knee, the insurance company will use that same record to argue it was all old damage. From the insurer's side, this is the play:...

That broken fence behind a Rapid City rental can leave you chasing coverage

A Rapid City student bitten by a dog at a rental property may have a claim, but a policy exclusion can turn a straightforward case into a fight over which insurer, if any, has to pay.

ARTICLE by Derek Janis

Can Aberdeen Walmart's insurer deny me because I'm undocumented after a shelf hit my head?

"Were you allowed to be there, and can you prove who you are?" That is the question the adjuster is about to ask, because your answer can shape whether they treat this as a...

Is a Mitchell work-zone injury claim worth it if workers comp already pays?

Yes - sometimes workers' comp is your only path, and sometimes it is only half the case. Picture this in Mitchell: you're driving past lane shifts on I-90 near Exit 332 during...

Wrongful Death Options After a South Dakota Work Accident

If a husband is killed on the job in South Dakota, the family usually starts in workers' comp, but there are situations where a separate wrongful death case may still exist.

ARTICLE by Derek Janis

What evidence do I need to prove an airbag caused my facial fracture?

The most important thing: VA treatment does not erase your South Dakota injury claim, but you must connect the airbag to the fracture with records the insurer cannot easily...

business dissolution

Money, unpaid wages, insurance coverage, and who can still be sued often turn on whether a company has been shut down properly or only stopped operating in practice. When a...

duty of care in business

Miss this idea, and a routine mistake can turn into a lawsuit, a denied insurance position, or a serious injury claim that costs far more than anyone expected. In plain terms,...

Your money and your case can turn on whether someone is legally treated as an employee or an independent contractor. That label affects who may have to pay after an injury,...

breach of contract

Insurance companies and defense lawyers may throw around this phrase to make a dispute sound technical, limited, or too late to fix. They may argue that a broken promise is...