A Central Oregonian woman was seated in her car and waiting at a stop sign just outside of Sisters, Oregon, when an oncoming vehicle slid out of control and collided with her. This second driver had been traveling too fast to make a right-hand turn at the intersection where the first driver sat, and she … Read More
Successful Redmond, Oregon, Auto Injury Settlement
The trial detailed in the previous two posts took three days. When they jury returned, they awarded my client the following: $21,000 for medical expenses, $8,480 for lost wages, No Impaired Earning Capacity, which was not a total surprise, given that my client testified that he felt he could do the same work as before … Read More
Issues At Trial In Impairment of Earning Capacity Claim
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
Significant Premises Liability Injury Settlement Reached
A prospective client recently came to the offices of Dwyer Williams Cherkoss PC for legal advice and representation following an accident at a hardware store in Bend, Oregon. This man had been perusing an aisle in the store’s gardening section when several large bags containing gardening rocks fell on him from their perch atop a … Read More
Cost of Future Care in Car Accident Settlement
It is a frightening scenario that many Oregonian drivers know well: you are carefully driving down a snowy road when you notice a vehicle moving in your direction too fast given the winter conditions. Loss of control in this context is as probable as an accident. In Oregon’s mountain towns like Bend, shortened winter days … Read More