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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: ladyjane

She better add the auto maker to the defendants list. The seatbelt was obviously defective.


41 posted on 04/27/2024 9:12:43 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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To: Paladin2

Oh, “Ketchum, Cheatem and Slaughter” Esq.


42 posted on 04/27/2024 9:13:29 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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To: Retain Mike

If you want pothole-dodging experience and practice, drive the El Camino Real on the San Francisco Peninsula. All of our road repair money has gone to our newcomers from the south, their healthcare, and their zero percent mortgage loans. I guess there’s a slight consolation that they might also get a neck compression fracture from hitting their heads on the car roof.


43 posted on 04/27/2024 9:17:14 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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To: simpson96

That’s pretty bad! Of course, I live in NJ, the home of potholes

My co-worker’s car got all messed up from hitting a pothole on the approach to the Garden State Parkway!


44 posted on 04/27/2024 10:04:28 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: simpson96

I specifically bought my vehicles for the last decades to not have a sunroof, to give me the greatest amount of headroom, possible.

This lady is responsible for her own injury.


45 posted on 04/27/2024 10:22:21 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: simpson96

THAT IS A TIRE BUSTER !!!


46 posted on 04/27/2024 10:32:08 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: simpson96

And her car was still drivable after hitting a pothole that she claimed did that kind of damage to her?

Not buying it.

That said, she’ll probably win, sadly.

Not that I have any sympathy for cities which do not repair potholes, but because she’s just trying to win life’s lottery and should not be rewarded for that kind of grifting.


47 posted on 04/27/2024 10:41:05 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
I remember now that one city was able to avoid paying damages by saying nobody told me there was a pothole. At that point the ambulance chasers got together to do a website where people reported potholes to them, and they updated the website to the city.

I wonder if that would work in San Francisco?

48 posted on 04/28/2024 2:10:32 AM PDT by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)
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To: ladyjane

That’s a big screw up in her fake case, IMO. I’d sure not give her anything if I were on a jury. Also, where’s the mention of the damage to the car? Something that violent should have damaged something.


49 posted on 04/28/2024 2:16:06 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: simpson96
"Woman claims life-altering injuries after driving over Portland pothole, in $3.6 million lawsuit"

I have wondered what will be the smallest pothole required to total an EV.
50 posted on 04/28/2024 2:28:46 AM PDT by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: clearcarbon

That guy in British Columbia got a SCRATCH on the battery pack of his EV and the insurance totalled it.


51 posted on 04/28/2024 3:48:41 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: simpson96

My street had one appear very similar in size to that one. I emailed DPW. Within a few hours it was fixed.

But then a week ago, I was in Ft. Wayne, IN for work. I was pulling a 1 foot trailer loaded down to about 6000 lbs. The road took a turn but the curb didn’t and stuck out into the road. That along with a 4” deep hole right in front of it launched my entire trailer into the air and broke a leaf spring in the suspension.

That didn’t cause lifelong injuries to me but it sure got my attention.


52 posted on 04/28/2024 5:06:29 AM PDT by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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53 posted on 04/28/2024 8:31:31 AM PDT by Twotone (We have to stop punishing ourselves for considering things that once seemed crazy. - B. Weinstein)
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To: jocon307
Of course, I live in NJ, the home of potholes

That's because the PDRNJ (People's Democratic Republic of New Jersey) has been stealing potholes from PA for years. But that's OK, we have plenty to spare.

54 posted on 04/28/2024 8:41:47 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Nothing says "Democracy" like throwing your opponents in jail.)
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To: Gaffer

She might have had really bad injuries but we’ll never know from a newspaper account. So called journalists write these stories to sell newspapers, not to accurately inform the public.


55 posted on 04/28/2024 8:46:22 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Fresh Wind
Only PA makes the best potholes into state parks.


56 posted on 04/28/2024 8:47:15 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Nothing says "Democracy" like throwing your opponents in jail.)
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