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Woman claims life-altering injuries after driving over Portland pothole, in $3.6 million lawsuit
Oregon Live ^ | 4/26/2024 | Staff

Posted on 04/27/2024 6:44:41 PM PDT by simpson96

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The pothole in question.

1 posted on 04/27/2024 6:44:41 PM PDT by simpson96
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In the city’s defense, it’s Portland!


2 posted on 04/27/2024 6:47:55 PM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: simpson96

Lady, you had brain damage much earlier.


3 posted on 04/27/2024 6:49:36 PM PDT by Salvavida
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Oof. I hit a pot hole like that in Pa. It blew out my tire.


4 posted on 04/27/2024 6:50:06 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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If she was wearing a seatbelt how did her head hit the ceiling of her car?


5 posted on 04/27/2024 6:51:20 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: simpson96

injury attorney bonanza ahead.


6 posted on 04/27/2024 6:54:39 PM PDT by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star n )
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To: simpson96

If I got 3.5 million for every pothole that I’ve hit, Bezos and Musk would be looking up at me on the wealthy list.


7 posted on 04/27/2024 6:57:27 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: Qwapisking

Comes from, “Building back better”...


8 posted on 04/27/2024 6:59:08 PM PDT by Does so ( 🇺🇦....We are in the later stages of a Communist takeover...)
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To: Qwapisking

There is now a slip and fall law firm advertising on the radio as Slip and Fall Firm.

Can’t find a link now. I’ll have to pay closer attention next time I hear it.

In the mean time:

https://www.hg.org/lawyers/usa/michigan/slip-and-fall

No shortage of competitors.


9 posted on 04/27/2024 6:59:45 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: ladyjane

Always best to wear a helmet in a car.


10 posted on 04/27/2024 7:00:49 PM PDT by Paladin2
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Thirty tears ago while driving at night, a pothole broke my axle, costing me $500+ (although not apparently damaging my brain). So I sued the county in Small Claims Court.

When my case was heard, the County’s lawyer simply raised “assumption of risk” as its defense—that is, by using the road I had taken that risk upon myself. The judge agreed and found for the County.


11 posted on 04/27/2024 7:01:38 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 ("The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed." Romans 8:19)
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$3.6 mill is definitely life-altering.


12 posted on 04/27/2024 7:02:06 PM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT ELECTION is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Does so

For what it is worth, here is the sign translation:

Looks like it is after 5 PM, time for a drink. I'll get tight, maybe touch some young girl's breasts, Jill will try to stop me, and the young girl's father will threaten to cut off my right hand. Whaddya gonna do?

13 posted on 04/27/2024 7:02:09 PM PDT by rlmorel (In Today's Democrat America, The $5 Dollar Bill is the New $1 Dollar Bill.)
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To: simpson96

A town in the midwest, figured out how to fix potholes, long ago:

Move the potholes into the path most used by the Mercedes Benz vehicles of the judges and lawyers.


14 posted on 04/27/2024 7:02:16 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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Our small city had one on a major street that went to City Hall, the Police station, The CHP Station, and the Hospital. There was a Denny’s Restaurant along it where truck drivers would park along the curb to eat. The city refused to fix it. It was there for many many years. Then on our prom night four of my friends were leaving prom and hit the pothole in a VW beetle. It threw them to the right towards the curb and they ran right under the back of a parked semi trailer. Decapitated all four instantly.

In a tight vote the city finally voted to fix the pothole.

No matter what the circumstances or who does it, there is indeed something to holding city hall accountable for neglect. Every year thousands are injured or killed by neglected potholes.


15 posted on 04/27/2024 7:04:41 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

“The judge agreed and found for the County.”

Of course he did. Where did his paycheck come from?

Maybe the manufacturer is liable? Shoulda build cars using F-350 axles.


16 posted on 04/27/2024 7:05:01 PM PDT by Paladin2
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In the city’s defense, it’s Portland!

Then they should have had plenty of this at the ready...


17 posted on 04/27/2024 7:06:48 PM PDT by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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To: C210N

III is faster...


18 posted on 04/27/2024 7:10:55 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: simpson96

Maybe if she had worn her seatbelt and been a more careful driver, she would not have suffered the head injury from when the was thrown out of her seat into the roof of her car. But like everything else on the Leftist Coast, it is 100% someone else’s fault.


19 posted on 04/27/2024 7:11:09 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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I will assume that if the Judge / Jury finds for the plaintiff, that they too have driven over the same pothole and received the same sort of brain destroying injuries.


20 posted on 04/27/2024 7:13:13 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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