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About Rachel Smith
Rachel Smith practices personal injury law at Meshbesher and Spence, representing clients harmed by the carelessness of others. Her practice covers brain and spinal cord injuries, serious burns, medical malpractice, car and truck accidents, dog bites, product liability, premises liability, and wrongful death. She earned a B.A. from the University of Montana (2002) and a J.D. from the University of Minnesota (2010). She holds an AV Preeminent rating and has been recognized as a Rising Star by Minnesota Super Lawyers and as a Top Woman Attorney in Minnesota by Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine.
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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