On July 8, 2008 at about 3:45 p.m., our client was the driver of a 2005 Dodge Ram pickup, driving eastbound in the right lane on E. Main Street – which has two lanes of travel in each direction – in Medford, Oregon. At the same time, the Defendant was driving a 2000 Audi A8 … Read More
Accident Involving Pre-Existing Conditions Settled in Client’s Favor
Residents of Bend know how treacherous the roads in the area can be in winter conditions. Our client was a passenger in a car on Highway 97 just south of town during such winter conditions, including ice on the roadway. Our client’s friend who was driving lost control of the car and wrecked. Our client … Read More
Lost Wages Central Issue in PIP Case
Once an active mother with two small children, our client’s life changed dramatically when she was injured in a Portland, Oregon auto accident. Her extensive medical care nearly exhausted the $15,000 in personal injury protection (PIP) benefits she had available. Despite her efforts to recover, the demands of the job she had always enjoyed became … Read More
Halloween Brings Increase of Pedestrian, DUII, and Dog Bite Accidents
It’s Halloween, and children all over Oregon are anxiously awaiting the evening, when they can put on their carefully planned costumes and go trick-or-treating. Halloween can be a fun time for the whole family, but it can also be an extremely dangerous evening for young pedestrians. Researchers at the University of Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute … Read More
Intersections Site of Many Auto Accidents Resulting in Personal Injury
Where’s the most dangerous place you drive every day? You may think of the Interstate where you speed at 80 mph from exit to exit, or maybe you think of that narrow two lane winding road with blind curves that gets you to the main highway on your morning commute. No doubt those locales have … Read More
No Argument of Windfall – Motion in Limine
Defense attorneys are often attempted to use popular and inflammatory anti-plaintiff rhetoric throughout their case – jury selection, opening, and closing, in particular. It has long been my view that this is improper for a variety of reasons. I felt so strongly about this that I drafted, and routinely file, the following motion in limine: … Read More