OREGON PERSONAL INJURY VERDICT RESEARCH

Plaintiff was on a bicycle travelling on NE Alberta on the far right side of the roadway when she approached a car parked on the street. The defendant was in the car and opened the door.  Plaintiff collided with the door causing scarring and nerve damage in her leg. Plaintiff alleged that defendant failed to keep a proper lookout before opening the door and violated Oregon law (ORS 811.490) in opening the door without first making sure it was clear to do so.  Plaintiff sought $550,000.   Defendant denied liability and alleged that plaintiff was travelling too fast, too close to parked cars and not keeping a proper lookout.

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Underlying defendant settled for $100,000 policy limits.

The allegations in this case were that plaintiff stopped on Highway 30 to assist a driver that had been involved in a single car crash and ejected into the roadway. Another driver had stopped his van to shield the injured person from oncoming traffic.  Plaintiff also stopped to assist.  Defendant approached the area and tried to drive around the van and past a man waving his arms for him to stop.  Defendant hit the van, ran over the legs of the injured person and hit plaintiff.  Defendant then left the scene of  the incident.  Plaintiff alleged permanent crush injuries to several muscles that help support her weight and move her body.  Past medical bills were alleged at $33,434.12, future medical bills of $11,545.00 and non-economic damages of $500,000.

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Plaintiff Garrison slipped and fell on ice and snow in the parking lot of Defendant’s business.  Her fall resulted in a dislocated ankle that required surgery.

This was a rear-end car accident case where Plaintiff alleged that he suffered injuries including a concussion, an embolism and thrombosis in his right leg, pyogenic arthritis of the leg requiring hospitalization and a subsequent infection. Plaintiff sought $2,958,050 for past and future medical bills (including future knee replacement), lost earnings and non-economic damages.

Plaintiff was struck head-on by a defendant who was intoxicated at the time of the crash.  Plaintiff alleged past medical bills of $18,644.63, future medical bills of $63,500.00, non-economic damages of $350,000 and punitive damages of $25,000. The jury returned a verdict that included $15,739.63 in past medical bills, no future medical bills, $12,000 in non-economic damages and $500 in punitive damages.

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Plaintiff alleged that a cab driver for defendant’s company repeatedly sexually assaulted her when she was a paying passenger in the cab.  The cab driver had already been convicted of Attempted Sexual Abuse I for the conduct once the civil case went to trial. Plaintiff sought $1 million in non-economic damages and $110,000 in economic damages.

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Plaintiff slipped on ice at an apartment complex and tore her rotator cuff and damaged her ankle, foot, leg and arm.  She alleged that the apartment complex was negligent for not clearing the ice. She sought $32,679.47 in past medical expenses, $20,000.00 in future medical expenses, $11,000.00 in lost wages, $25,000.00 in diminished earning capacity and $195,000.00 in non-economic damages. The verdict listed here is after the 30% reduction for comparative negligence.

Plaintiff was injured after hitting a concrete barrier on a Gresham roadway that was under construction. Plaintiff claimed that the City and it’s contractor were negligent for the manner in which traffic was diverted, in failing to adequately mark the concrete barrier, light the area, or otherwise barricade the area to prevent a crash.  Plaintiff alleged multiple wrist and ankle fractures, a nose fracture, fractured ribs and sternum and soft tissue injuries. Plaintiff sought $2,344, 955.00 in damages.  Both defendant’s were found at fault.  But Plaintiff was found more than 50% at fault for the crash and therefore barred from recovery per Oregon law.

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$17,790.00 - Attorney fees awarded pursuant to ORS 742.061.

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This was a rear-end car accident case with claimed cervical disc injuries requiring two surgeries. The defense admitted liability but challenged whether the crash caused any injury to Plaintiff because she had a long history of prior related treatment.

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