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About Derek Stewart
Derek Stewart represents Minnesotans in personal injury cases at every stage of litigation, focusing on car accidents, dog bites, premises liability, slip and fall, and wrongful death. He grew up in White Bear Lake and earned his J.D. from the University of St. Thomas in 2017. He emphasizes using technology, remote meetings, and email communication to limit case expenses for clients. His decision to pursue law was influenced by the Glensheen murder trial and reading Gerry Spence's 'The Making of a Country Lawyer' at age 19. Outside the office he enjoys snowboarding, camping, fishing, golf, and a weekly cribbage league with his brother.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Meshbesher & Spence
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A Dakota County jury awarded Jeffrey Wu and his wife $18.4 million after his 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee's defective monostable gear shifter caused a rollaway that crushed his left leg and required amputation.
Thirteen years after Minneapolis florist Robert Nachtsheim was shot and killed in an officially unsolved homicide, a Hennepin County jury found businessman Norman Wartnick civilly liable and awarded his widow $2,350,000 in compensatory and punitive damages, a verdict the Minnesota Court of Appeals affirmed in 1987.
Dakota County paid $2.25 million to settle a wrongful death suit brought by Tory Hart after county child protection workers recommended reuniting his six-year-old son with the mother, who fatally shot the child ten days after a court terminated its jurisdiction.
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