Our client in this matter was an out-of-state visitor to Oregon. He was severely injured while driving his vehicle in Medford. As he passed through an intersection on a green light, another motorist, illegally running a red, entered the intersection and collided with the side of our client’s vehicle. This “T-bone” accident seriously injured our … Read More
How Can You Get an Oregon Auto Accident Injury Settlement?
In the video below, our founder and senior partner Roy Dwyer answers a common question posed by many new clients: how can you get a settlement in your Oregon auto accident injury claim? As Roy explains, the first thing you have to be able to prove is fault. You must demonstrate that the person who … Read More
Settlement for Passenger Injured in Collision With Telephone Pole
Our client in this Central Oregon auto accident case was the passenger in a car being driven by a friend. His friend was driving above the posted speed limit and, due to his excessive speed, failed to successfully negotiate a corner, hit a curb, and drove directly into a power pole. Our client was seriously … Read More
Settlement Negotiated for Driver Injured in Rear-End Collision
Dwyer Williams Cherkoss Personal Injury Attorneys recently settled another auto injury personal injury case without the need for cost- and time-intensive litigation. Our client in the matter was a Central Oregon man who was driving his car along a busy street in downtown Bend when he was badly injured in a car collision. While driving, … Read More
Settlement Won for Parking Lot Accident Victim
Dwyer Williams Cherkoss recently settled a pedestrian injury claim without the need for costly and time-consuming litigation. The details of this accident and ensuing legal process are as follows… Our client had just finished shopping at a local convenience store and was loading her purchases into her car when she suddenly found herself pinned between … Read More
“Open and Obvious” Conditions and Unreasonable Danger in Premises Liability
Instructing Potential Jurors about Open and Obvious Conditions An “open and obvious” condition is not a total bar to recovery in premises liability cases because to hold so would interfere with the purpose of comparative negligence statute. Indeed, the “open and obvious” defense is in fact the dfense of assumption of the risk. The law notwithstanding, this … Read More