This post is part two in a three-part trial report. The judge in our case was the recently retired Honorable Stephen N. Tiktin from Bend. He was excellent, as usual. The Defense Counsel was Barry Goehler, head of Nationwide Insurance’s in-house firm. He did a fine job and was very easy to work with. The main … Read More
Impairment of Earning Capacity Claim in Oregon Car Accident Injury Case
This trial report concerns a collision that occurred at the intersection of SW 6th Street and SW Evergreen Avenue in Redmond, Oregon. My client was a passenger in his father’s Honda Accord at the time, which was stopped at the intersection specified above. Our client was looking out the car window to his left, watching an … Read More
Trial Report – Bend DUII Accident, Part III
The DUII-auto accident trial detailed in the last two posts took four full days. When they jury returned, they awarded my client the following: $8,350.10 for all past medical expenses. No future medicals. This was the most surprising part of the award decision, since they related all priors up to last November. No lost wages … Read More
Auto Accident Claim Settlement Bridges Financial Gap
Our client was driving on Portland, Oregon’s Freemont Bridge when a tow truck driver cut him off. Because he was on the bridge and had no where to go, he couldn’t avoid the accident. He crashed into the side of the bridge and suffered a severe neck injury. Besides being painful and costly to treat, … Read More
No Stop Signs on the Road to Settlement
It was a beautiful Saturday in Portland, Oregon, and our client was taking his new dog to the dog park for the first time. He was just around the corner from the park when another driver ran a stop sign, hitting the front of the driver’s side of his car. He didn’t feel like he … Read More
Lost Wages Regained in Successful Personal Injury Lawsuit
Our client is a self-employed contractor. He had lined up a 6-month long remodeling job at a Portland, Oregon apartment complex and was looking forward to a half year of steady work. Shortly before the job began, he was sitting at a red light downtown when he was rear ended by another driver. He suffered … Read More
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