Car Rear-Ended Causing Chronic Injuries
FACTS: Client’s vehicle was rear-ended, totaling her vehicle. After reviewing Rizk Law’s detailed demand letter, insurance companies providing liability and underinsured coverages each paid respective insurance limits.
INJURIES: Chronic neck and back sprain with spasms.
Garbage Trucker in a Hurry
FACTS: Waste Management driver t-boned our client
INJURIES: Lacerated liver, broken rib, chin puncture, concussion. Full recovery. Insurer contested extent of injury. Litigated case.
Car Strikes Pedestrian in Crosswalk
FACTS: Convenient store worker crosses in crosswalk at S.E. Powell Ave. And Cesar Chavez Blvd. in Portland when he is stuck by a vehicle. Unable to work for 2 weeks.
INJURIES: Large thigh contusion, sprained ankle, bruised knees.
Grant’s Pass: Hit Spin & Hit Again
FACTS: At-fault driver ran a red light in Grants’ Pass Oregon. T-bone caused our client’s car to turn 180, and then strike a second time.
INJURIES: Left wrist tear, scapholunate ligament tear, left wrist sprain, lumbar sprain, neck sprain.
T-Bone Crash Causes Disc Rupture
FACTS: Machinist client hurt when second car cuts in front of his at SE 32nd and Kelly in Portland, Oregon. Client car totaled. Pre-existing left side sciatica; new right sided sciatica w disc rupture at one level. Claim settled after demand letter.
INJURIES: Right sided sciatica with disc rupture; pre-existing left side sciatica.
Teacher Assaults Teenage Student
FACTS: Teacher dragged student upstairs then throws student against a wall with his hands around student’s throat, then locks student alone in a room.
Mouth Injury Yield $50K
FACTS: Client an I -84 motorist traveled about 50mph. A merging car forced client into semi-truck and then a cement guard rail. Modest treatment.
INJURIES: Lip laceration, right rib fracture, cracked tooth syndrome (cracked under the gum line).
Washington County: Unwitnessed Stairway Fall
FACTS: Dark apartment stairway, client fell, landing hard on heel of foot. Insurer disputed claim because no witnesses. Litigated case.
INJURIES: Displaced distal fibular fracture.
Beaverton Cyclist v. Car Collision
FACTS: Bicyclist hit by a vehicle. Bicyclist without insurance. Driver at fault with low policy limits.
INJURIES: Leg injury with leg pain, and lost tooth
Snowboarder v. Snowboarder
FACTS: Uphill minor snowboarder struck client, another snowboarder with checkered past.
INJURIES: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)