Category: Personal Injury News

This is the fifth post in my blog series: Personal Injury Claim Value: Key Variables. This fourth post addresses injury value key variable #5: Juror Bias.Every human has his or her preferences—some a held at the conscious level, some buried …

This is the fourth post in my blog series: Personal Injury Claim Value: Key Variables. This fourth post addresses injury value key variable #4: Where you are (the location of the court hearing your case 4. Where you are Where the injury incident …

This is the third post in my blog series: Personal Injury Claim Value: Key Variables. This third post addresses injury value key variable #3: Defendant’s Fault Decision makers are motivated to right wrongs brought about by very bad conduct. Injuries caused …

This is the second post in my weekly blog series: Personal Injury Claim Value: Key Variables. This second post addresses injury value key variable #2: The Injury. a. Understandable Injury Decision makers, especially jurors, find difficulty compensating for invisible and …

This is the first post in my weekly blog series: Personal Injury Claim Value: Key Variables. During the past 25 years I have quantified claims big and small – as a large loss claims analyst (1996-2000), an insurance defense attorney …

FIRE and bellowing plumes of SMOKE make this summer particularly dangerous for motorists in Oregon and Washington State. Recognizing this danger, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has recently closed several stretches of highway including: 1. Highway 26 ( at …

Criminal charges may be appropriate where a wrong doer intentionally or with callous disregard for others, causes death. The decision whether to charge criminally usually rests with the district attorney in the county where the crime occurred. It is crucial …

You were injured because of someone else’s mistake. You are not the litigious type, so you dutifully keep the insurer for the party at fault appraised of your injuries, lost time from work and recovery. You provide the adjuster with …