Family of Minnesota student found frozen awarded $6.4 million in legal malpractice lawsuit

One nightmare is finally over for Bill and Kristi Anderson.

Last month, their family was awarded $6.4 million in damages in Hennepin County District Court for the death of their 19-year-old son, Jake. They have spent more than 11 years chasing accountability against the wave of first responders who failed to provide adequate care after Jake was found bloodied and suffering from severe hypothermia near the banks of the Mississippi River in 2013.

But the damages are not being held against the first responders, they are being held against Robert Hopper, the lawyer the Andersons hired to fight for their son in federal court…

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