OREGON PERSONAL INJURY VERDICT RESEARCH

Plaintiff was on a motorcycle when defendant turned left across his lane of travel causing a crash. Plaintiff broke ribs, dislocated his shoulder, strained his back and wrist, worsened pre-existing hip arthritis and suffered road rash and contusions all over his body. The car’s driver was a Multnomah County employee and was operating the car on the job. Defendant alleged comparative fault for plaintiff driving too fast, not keeping a proper lookout and failing to properly control his motorcycle.

20% reduction for comparative negligence.

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Plaintiff was on a TRI-MET train heading from downtown Portland to Gresham when she and a friend were attacked by a group of teenage boys.  The train stopped at SE 82nd and the boys got off the train but were able to re-board and throw an object hitting plaintiff in the face.  Plaintiff suffered a laceration to her face, damaged teeth, and emotional injuries.  Plaintiff alleged that TRI-MET was negligent for failing to have adequate security, failing to keep the doors shut after the boys exited the train and failing to monitor the passenger compartment and notify police of the attack.  TRI-MET denied liability and argued that plaintiff herself engaged in hostile verbal and aggressive physical action with the group on the train and was therefore negligent and  caused her own injuries.

The court awarded $26,997.00 in attorney fees per ORS 20.080.

Plaintiff was hit in a rear-end style car crash. Defendant admitted liability but disputed causation and damages.  Plaintiff claimed injuries including an L4-L5 disc protrusion requiring two surgeries; L5-S1 disc injury requiring fusion surgery and multiple epidural injections, facet injections and nerve ablations and a C5-C6 annular tear. Plaintiff sought non-economic damages of $1,300,000.00.  She claimed economic damages of $805,967.39 for past and future medical expenses, and past and future lost wages.

Plaintiff was driving on Cornell road when an under insured driver turned across her lane causing a car accident.   Plaintiff alleged that she suffered a disc herniation at L5-S1 with irritation of the nerve root.  After recovering $25,000 policy limits from the at-fault driver, she brought this action for UIM benefits.  The defense disputed the significance of the injury.

Defendant shot plaintiff with a shot gun, wounding him with approximately three pellets to the face.

There was no claim for non-economic damages before the jury due to ORS 31.715 which generally prohibits non-economic damages to plaintiffs who are uninsured.