Does Having a Prior Auto Accident Injury Affect Your Settlement?

We have made it to the end of the week again. Happy Friday! In this week’s video, our founder Roy Dwyer answers a common question that clients bring to our firm – whether or not having a previous auto accident injury will affect the value of a current Oregon auto accident injury claim. Here is … Read More

Generous Insurance Settlement Reached Despite Low Policy Limits

The details of another successful Dwyer Williams Cherkoss PC car accident injury settlement are as follows: our client, a young and able-bodied Central Oregonian woman, was having trouble starting her car.  She popped the hood and manually opened it while waiting for another motorist to pull forward and help her jump-start the car.  This motorist … Read More

Personal Injury Claim Settled after Multiple Car Collision

Oregon’s roads can be treacherous in the fall and winter months.  Whether you are driving along the overcast coast with its slick roads or in the mountains and high desert on snowy roads, Oregon’s roadway hazards are as high as its accident rates in the fall and winter.  Reduced visibility and dangerous driving conditions are … Read More

What is Impaired Earning Capacity?

Much confusion surrounds the claim of impairment of earning capacity.  While this claim used to be an element of noneconomic damages (“pain and suffering”), it has since become an element of economic damages (“out of pocket losses”).  However, proving the claim can be difficult.  Because of that difficulty, I submit the following in my Trial … Read More

Car Accident Injury Settlement Offered Prior to Trial

A woman injured in a recent automobile accident in Bend, Oregon, approached Dwyer Williams Cherkoss PC after a frustrating series of events.  We immediately took this woman on as a client after hearing what she had endured. Our client was driving her car through an intersection in Bend’s downtown area when she was violently struck … Read More

Insurance Provider Settles Pedestrian Collision Claim

Dwyer Williams Cherkoss PC recently settled a lawsuit brought against the insurance provider of a driver who backed into a pedestrian in a grocery store parking lot.  This incident occurred several months ago.  At that time, a female customer was returning her shopping cart to the grocery store’s cart return area after shopping when she … Read More