Our client, a nineteen-year-old young woman, was a passenger in her mother’s car on the way to visit family in Portland, Oregon, when another driver ran a red light and hit her side of the car. Besides the injuries she received in the car accident, the collision exacerbated a pre-existing condition that she suffered from. … Read More
Auto Accident Attorney Works to Secure Settlement for Client
Our client was stopped in a line of traffic at a busy traffic signal in Bend, Oregon. Another driver failed to stop for traffic and crashed his car into our client, who was pushed into the oncoming traffic lane, where he was hit by another car. He was injured and sought immediate medical attention for … Read More
Oregon Hit-and-Run Accidents and Insurance Claims
Two high-profile cases in Oregon involving hit-and-run accidents have recently been resolved in criminal court. A man in Medford Oregon, Othon Campos, Jr., was sentenced to three years for striking three adolescents in late August. According to a story in Medford’s Mail-Tribune, one of the children, an 11-year-old girl, was sent to Portland with the … Read More
Auto Accident Attorney Wins Settlement in Challenging Claim
Two accidents in quick succession and minimal policy limits presents a special challenge in an injury claim. That was the case for our client, who was driving home from his last physical therapy session in Portland, Oregon when he was t-boned by a car coming out of a parking lot. He sustained severe injuries to … 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
Trial Report – Bend DUII Accident, Part II
The judge in the Bend DUII-auto accident case was the Honorable Kip Leonard from Eugene. He was an excellent judge – and funny to boot. The Defense Attorney was Brian Driscoll of Smith Freed Eberhard. He did a fine job and was easy to work with. The main issues in this case were as follows: … Read More