Michael Colbach and his team represented me after I was struck by a car while crossing on a crosswalk. -->More
Kami Toufar
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Oregon top rated personal injury lawyer with over $81 million in verdicts and settlements in 20 years.
Portland Bicycle Accident Lawyer
Michael Colbach is an experienced Portland pedestrian accident attorney who has helped many seriously injured pedestrians with their car accident cases.
If you've been injured as a pedestrian, contact me for a free no obligation consultation as soon as you are able because you need to know your options. You will need to know what insurance coverage is in place to help you cover your medical expenses and lost wages.
Kami Toufar Review On Google
Mike is a top rated Oregon personal injury attorney by former clients and legal peers.
Pedestrians hit by car drivers have help from unlikely places.
If you are a pedestrian and hit by a car, your own Oregon auto insurance policy will provide you personal injury protection coverage.
Your Oregon auto insurance personal injury protection coverage is no-fault medical coverage which means that even if the accident was your fault, the auto insurance personal injury protection will still have to pay. If you don't have Oregon auto insurance, nor healthcare insurance, than the at-fault driver's auto insurance policy Oregon personal injury protection (PIP) should provide you coverage.
I can not emphasize enough how helpful and happy I am with what Michael and his staff did for me after I was struck by a van while crossing the street. -->More
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2024 Marion County $4.1 million dollar jury verdict for an injured cyclist. Before trial they did not even offer to pay his medical bills.
Marion County 2024 Verdict (PDF)
Representative Case Results
$350,000 for injured pedestrian.
$250,000 policy limits settlement for injured pedestrian.
$150,000 policy limits settlement for injured pedestrian.
$250,000 policy limits settlement for injured pedestrian.
$250,000 policy limits settlement for injured pedestrian.
$400,000 for injured pedestrian.
Crosswalks
Even if you were not in a crosswalk when you were hit by a car as a pedestrian, in Oregon, there is an implied crosswalk at every corner with a stop sign.
What this means is that even though there may not be a painted crosswalk, if there is a stop sign, the law probably considers there to be an implied crosswalk at the corner.
He really is a specialist in bike law and pedestrian law too. My mom was hit by a car and his staff along with him took care of it leaving our family to concentrate on having my mom heal. I can't thank his staff and him enough. On top of that, he got a very nice settlement too. His negotiating skills are top notch!
Luck had it, I got into a bike accident myself. Who came to my rescue? This law firm. I got to see him and his staff do the magic again and also get a fantastic settlement! -->More
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Dangerous Roads & Intersections
Some roads in the Portland Metro are known to be dangerous.
Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) maintains a Safety Priority Index System (SPIS) which identifies high priority and dangerous roads and intersections. Oregon ODOT SPIS Brochure (PDF):
The SPIS score is based on three years of crash data and considers crash frequency, crash rate, and crash severity.
A highway segment becomes a SPIS site
if a location has:
1) three or more crashes OR;
2) one or more fatal crashes, over
the three-year period. ODOT screens these SPIS segments annually to identify and
prioritize which have potential for safety improvements and merit further investigation.
In Oregon, every intersection is a crosswalk, UNLESS it's marked with a crosswalk closed sign.
Marking a crosswalk as closed isn't a quick-and-easy decision, and it is only done when there is a safer crossing nearby.
Bicyclists, motorcyclists and pedestrians have been hit by cars and big trucks at several intersections along Oregon Route 224, aka Milwaukie Expressway or Clackamas Highway, which connects Portland southeast and runs 49 miles from Milwaukie into the Mount Hood National Forest.
The image shows an SPIS listed intersection redesign fix underway on Oregon Route 224 at SE Monroe Street.
The fix improvement closed left turns from SE Monroe onto Oregon highway 224 the Milwaukie Expressway.
The physical infrastructure in the middle of the highway not only blocks left turns by motor vehicles going through the crosswalk.
The middle cement infrastructure also creates a pedestrian island in the middle of hwy 224 which helps pedestrians, cyclists, and adaptive scooters cross the wide highway with a little extra protection, and physically reinforces the right turn only for motor vehicles with the extra bollards in the middle island area.
