"An appeals court has affirmed an $11 million jury award related to a Minnesota crash that killed three people and resulted in the wrongful imprisonment of a driver.
Private Detention Affirming defendant's conviction of 3rd degree DWI, the Court finds that where defendant was detained by private security officers and then a police officer approached defendant, there was no unconstitutional seizure because the private actions of the security officers did not constitute a constitutional violation and the police officer had a valid basis […]
Blood Draw - Exigent Circumstances A DWI defendant was involved in a fatal car accident. An officer directed a blood test at the hospital without obtaining a warrant, believing there was insufficient time to get a warrant. Defendant was air lifted to another hospital shortly after the blood test sample was obtained. The court finds […]
Brent S. Schafer has been selected to the 2017 Minnesota Super Lawyers list, an honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. Only 5% of attorneys in Minnesota receive this distinction. Selection to the Super Lawyers list provides third-party validation of the commitment Brent S. Schafer brings to the legal practice and the […]
A North Dakota Oil Field worker recently settled a lawsuit Mr. Schafer filed against a tank manufactured after Schafer’s client was injured when the rung of a ladder on the rear of a tank trailer failed, causing Schafer’s client to suffer a severe injury. The case settled 5 days prior to the scheduled start of […]
A Dakota County Judge recently ordered the Department of Public Safety to return the driving privileges to Mr. Schafer’s client after the court found the arresting officer illegally entered Schafer’s client’s garage. The arresting officer entered the client’s garage to investigate the report of a possible drunk driver. The officer neither witnessed Schafer’s client driving […]
A Dakota County Judge recently dismissed a prostitution charges that was waged against Mr. Schafer’s client after his client was accused of improperly touching an uncover police officer during a message. The court held that despite numerous request for sexual services by the undercover officer, Schafer’s client “repeatedly refused to perform the requested sexual acts.” […]
Attorney Brent Schafer gained national attention for his work on the high-profile case of Koua Fong Lee v. State of Minnesota, in which Mr. Schafer successfully represented Mr. Lee, who was wrongly convicted of criminal vehicular homicide. The case dealt with Mr. Lee’s late-model Toyota Camry that accelerated uncontrollably as he exited a highway, causing the […]
After deliberating for 4 days, the six-woman and six-man jury found Toyota Motor Corp. 60% at fault for the 2006 crash that sent Koua Fong Lee to prison. The jury ordered Toyota Corp to pay $10.9 million in damages for the high-speed crash in St. Paul that cost the lives of three people. Mr. Lee […]
A Dakota County District Court Judge recently ordered the suppression of a driver's breath test results. Brent Schafer was retained by a driver arrested and charged with DWI. Following an investigation into the facts of the case, Mr. Schafer filed a motion to suppress the breath test results based upon the violation of his client's […]
