PDX Rent-a-Car Head Injury FACTS: PDX shuttle driver struck by SUV while walking across airport parking lot. Strikes head on pavement. Loses consciousness. No witnesses. Insurer resists claim suggesting client at fault and claims brain injury is due to pot smoking. Wife also files claim for loss of affection. Litigated case. INJURIES: Concussion, contusions, loss…
Drunk Driver Collides Head On with Postal Worker FACTS: Client, an off-duty postal worker, drove home after completing a 12 hour shift on December 26. Two bars overserved the defendant driver leaving her to drive home 3 times above the legal alcohol limit. Defendant driver traveled on a rural road without headlights on when she…
SUV Driver Hit by Full-Size Pick-Up Truck on US-30 Outside Astoria, Oregon. FACTS: SUV driver hit by oncoming full-size pick-up truck on US-30 outside Astoria, Oregon. Litigated case. INJURIES: Fractured T3-T9 rib fractures requiring surgical repair with plates; transverse process L1-L5 fractured; pulmonary contusion, bruise on the left; simple pneumothorax resulting in pneumonia; seat belt…
Uninsured Driver Loans Car to Drunk Driver FACTS: An uninsured driver In Portland, Oregon loaned his car to an person who, while under the influence of alcohol, failed to yield to the right of way to an oncoming car, driven by client. Those two cars them collided with our client’s stationary car. Client had pre-existing,…
Ride-Share Driver Runs Red Light FACTS: Client, a ride share passenger was injured after the ride share driver ran a red light and t-bonbed another vehicle. INJURIES: Client injured his left shoulder, neck, and back, including two cervical disc herniations. Client eventually underwent neck surgery to repair neck herniations.
Commercial Delivery Driver Crashes Into Car FACTS: Client, an automobile passenger injured after a commercial delivery driver failed to stop at a stop sign, causing a roll over crash. Delivery driver cited for reckless driving. Before the crash, client was her husband’s primary caregiver. INJURIES: Injuries to head, neck (central disc protrusion) back, hips, and…
Head-on Collision in Milwaukie, OR (Policy limits for both $100,000 third-party and $250,000 UIM) FACTS: Head-on Collision involving a Ford Explorer causing Plaintiff to be pinned in her Toyota Corolla. INJURIES: Traumatic brain injury, loss of consciousness, traumatic headaches and right maxillary sinus fracture.
Illegal U-Turn in Oregon City FACTS: Active family man driving on Bluff street, injures shoulder in collision caused by illegal U-turn driver. Injury interferes with excavator job resulting in significant lost wages. Surgery to repair shoulder successful. Insurer resisted claim but after suit, case resolves for $125k more than initial demand. INJURIES: Right labral tear,…
Head-on Collision in Gresham, OR FACTS: Head-on Collision involving a Jeep and a pickup truck on NW Division Street and NW Birdsdale Avenue in Gresham, Oregon. INJURIES: Fractured left wrist, fractured right wrist, cervical sprain, thoracic sprain, PTSD and exacerbation of vision loss issues.
Car Struck by Drunk Driver (Total Settlements) FACTS: Client’s vehicle struck by a drunk driver with a blood alcohol content over twice the legal limit. INJURIES: Concussion with loss of consciousness and multiple rib fractures. Neck and back sprains.