Our client in this accident was the passenger in a semi-truck that was towing a trailer. The defendant was driving a car that crossed the center-line and collided with our client’s semi head-on. The collision flung our client into the dashboard, which seriously injured her. Directly following the crash, our client was transported by air … Read More
Settlement Reached for Multiple Vehicle Collision Injury Victim
The defendant in this matter lost control of his vehicle, side-swiped another vehicle, and collided with our client head-on. This collision totaled our client’s car and left her with serious injuries. She was immediately rushed to the local hospital, where her examination revealed a number of severe injuries. These included a cracked and bruised sternum, … Read More
Elderly Auto Accident Victim Compensated for Serious Injuries
Dwyer Williams Cherkoss PC recently won a large settlement on behalf of a client who hired us to represent him in the fall of 2011. This client had been driving eastward in the left lane of a large boulevard when a second, inattentive driver pulled out of a parking lot directly into our client’s lane … Read More
Large Settlement Reached for Eugene Client Injured in Auto Accident
Our client was driving his pick-up truck through a Eugene intersection in the middle of the night when another driver barreled through a stop sign and collided with him. Our client sustained injuries to his back and neck and contacted us before receiving medical treatment for those injuries. Unfortunately, our client had been in another … 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
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