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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

A woman who claims she suffered a traumatic brain injury after driving over a pothole in Southwest Portland filed a $3.66 million lawsuit against the city of Portland, Multnomah County and the state of Oregon – claiming they knew about or should have known about the hazardous road condition before it irreparably harmed her.

Lawyers for Gillian Conroy, a Clark County resident, say she was driving on Southwest Capitol Highway between Southwest Alfred and Huber streets on April 22, 2022, when she ran over a pothole that couldn’t be seen from a distance. The suit says she was “abruptly and forcefully” jolted out of the seat. Her head struck the ceiling of her car, causing “numerous physical injuries, including a concussion, traumatic brain injury, tinnitus, torn rotator cuff, and numerous cuts, scrapes, and bruises,” according to the lawsuit.

Representatives of the city, county and state declined to comment, citing the pending litigation.

The stretch of road is within the city limits of Portland and maintained by the city. It’s not maintained by the county or the Oregon Department of Transportation, so it’s unclear why those agencies are listed as defendants.

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Conroy was wearing her seatbelt and driving the speed limit, according to Chenoweth and the lawsuit.


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To: simpson96

I was riding in the back seat of a car that was going at a relatively low speed. It went over a pothole, and I immediately got a headache that lasted for about a month afterward. My eyes and ears weren’t right for about the same length of time. I could be tempted to believe her


21 posted on 04/27/2024 7:20:33 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Navarro didn't kill himself.)
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To: simpson96; Rennes Templar
April 22, 2022, when she ran over a pothole that couldn’t be seen from a distance.

Did they fix the pothole yet?

And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that lawyers dreamed, and...

22 posted on 04/27/2024 7:26:41 PM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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To: Openurmind

That’s a horrible way for your friends to die. Sad that it took those four deaths to finally get the pothole repaired.


23 posted on 04/27/2024 7:29:55 PM PDT by Old Grumpy
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To: aynrandfreak

“In the city’s defense, it’s Portland!”

Actually, “Potland”.


24 posted on 04/27/2024 7:33:57 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: simpson96

It’s not her first lawsuit.
https://www.leagle.com/decision/infdco20160420b62


25 posted on 04/27/2024 7:49:05 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: Old Grumpy

I agree. City Council was hated for years after that. The slap in the face was that it was not a unanimous decision to fix the hole like it should have been. Always money over souls.


26 posted on 04/27/2024 7:51:22 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: simpson96; Paladin2; aynrandfreak
"she ran over a pothole that couldn’t be seen from a distance"

When do you ever see a pothole from a distance? They are never visible from more than a quarter block ahead.

But this is Portland and that explains the pathetic status of the person and the street. Since Portlanders typically wear masks indoors, I do wonder why she wasn't wearing a helmet.

27 posted on 04/27/2024 7:56:19 PM PDT by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)
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To: Old Grumpy

Even worse... The officer that investigated the accident protected the city and claimed they were driving too fast. They were in a convoy of three cars onj their way to an after prom party and there were two cars of witnesses that knew for sure they were doing the speed limit but the police would not document their statements as witnesses.


28 posted on 04/27/2024 7:58:23 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: Openurmind

Pre 1968?


29 posted on 04/27/2024 7:59:29 PM PDT by null and void (Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you, except our side, of course!)
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To: simpson96

Even if necessary lawyers are SERIOUS scum!


30 posted on 04/27/2024 8:01:06 PM PDT by A strike (There is no tyranny that cannot be justified by 'climate change')
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To: simpson96

That’s about three miles from my parents’ house, and about two blocks from where I would hitchhike south on I-5. The roads weren’t too bad back then.

The photo looks like a decent pothole, but I’ll bet she was driving way too fast and probably yakking on her cell phone, so of course she couldn’t be expected to steer around it.


31 posted on 04/27/2024 8:02:11 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: null and void

1979...


32 posted on 04/27/2024 8:03:29 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: Openurmind
That surprises me. The trailer should have had a Mansfield barrier to prevent that.


33 posted on 04/27/2024 8:21:24 PM PDT by null and void (Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you, except our side, of course!)
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34 posted on 04/27/2024 8:21:50 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Paladin2

And a mask.


35 posted on 04/27/2024 8:22:20 PM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT ELECTION is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: simpson96
over Portland pothole, in $3.6 million lawsuit

I would get injured too, if I drove over a pothole in a $3.6 million lawsuit.

Heck, I would lose all my arms and lets and my head, if I drove over a pothole in a $10 million lawsuit.
36 posted on 04/27/2024 8:40:18 PM PDT by adorno (CCH)
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To: simpson96

I hit a pothole like that back in the early 90s

I got 3 estimates and made a claim with the city for a new rim and tire.

Yes they paid me, it was like $400


37 posted on 04/27/2024 8:44:56 PM PDT by algore
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To: moovova

And welding goggles.


38 posted on 04/27/2024 8:55:47 PM PDT by TigersEye (Our Republic is under seige by globalist Marxists. Hold fast!)
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To: ladyjane

Consumer seatbelt mechanisms are designed to prevent forward movement only.

It is possible for vertical movement to occur with a latched lap/shoulder restraint.

Only a racing harness would keep the driver firmly in the seat without regard to the direction of acceleration forces.


39 posted on 04/27/2024 9:04:57 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: simpson96
To hear her tell it, it must have been like this...


40 posted on 04/27/2024 9:11:58 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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