It is important to address the duties of a landowner during voir dire in premises liability cases. These duties include the duty to exercise reasonable care to make the premises reasonably safe for a business invitee. The possessor must exercise reasonable care to protect customers from unreasonable risk of harm, including in areas that look … Read More
Juror Biases and Their Identification Process in Voir Dire
I love the fact that plaintiffs’ attorneys get to go first in Voir Dire. Going first means that we have the opportunity to direct and control the voir dire’s initial focus. If we start talking about the defendant’s bad behavior, the jury will analyze that side of the story. Because jurors’ natural instincts are to … 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
How to Approach Jury Selection in Premises Liability
The most difficult aspect of any premises liability case is liability; specifically, it is the fact that plaintiffs usually control most of the circumstances surrounding the injury. Plaintiffs in premises liability cases have control over where they are looking, what they recognize as dangers, and how fast they are walking. By comparison, people in car … Read More
Safety Precaution Recommendations for Motorcyclists
It is common knowledge that motorcycle drivers are at a heightened risk of accident-related injuries and death than drivers of cars, trucks, and other passenger vehicles. Motorcycles generally travel at the same speeds as enclosed motorized vehicles, often overtaking those cars, yet motorcycle drivers and passengers have virtually none of the protections that drivers of … Read More
Rules of the Road for Oregon’s Motorcyclists
According to the USDOT’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, motorcyclists are approximately 37 times more likely to die in a crash than someone riding in a passenger car. In the state of Oregon last year, there were 993 motorcycle accidents in which 919 people were seriously injured and an additional 39 died. This means that … Read More