If you suffered a brain injury do to the fault of someone else, you need to make sure you are fairly compensated or you or our family could suffer financially for years to come.
Insurance companies have a stable of "independent" doctors who they can hire to say you are fine. Most of these doctors are doctors who can no longer practice and have problems with the medical board, so they have to say what the insurance companies want them to.
I would give Mike Colbach 1000000 stars if I could. I highly recommend him to anyone needing a personal injury lawyer. When I initially was looking for a lawyer, I was still reeling from the events of the accident and symptoms of my concussion [...] Throughout this process, I've always felt confident in Mike's advice. With his guidance, we ended up settling for more than DOUBLE the initial offer. -->More
Emily Hsu
Michael A. Colbach
Portland Personal Injury Attorney
2 years ago I was involved in an accident while commuting home from work on my bicycle. [...] I was left unconscious in the road for over 3 hours until my wife came looking for me. She found me unconscious, laying in a pool of blood and vomit with my helmet cracked from impact. I was left with a TBI, fractured hand and multiple contusions and lacerations that required immediate care. I suffered memory, speech, vision and auditory impairment that continues today. -->More
Steph Johnson I have handled a number of brain injury cases and am very familiar with the causes of brain injuries and the harm that results from them.
I have worked closely with brain surgeons, neurologists, and neuropsychologists to prove the nature and extent of someone's brain injury.
On Thursday, May 12, a Multnomah County jury ruled against New Seasons and awarded $667,742 to Genevieve Luikart, a 26-year-old bicyclist who was struck by a New Seasons truck. [...] The impact smashed Luikart's upper jaw, broke her left shoulder, fractured her right wrist and left her with severe dental injuries. But Luikart's attorney, Michael Colbach, says New Seasons' insurer refused to pay.
Instead, Colbach says, New Seasons blamed the accident on Luikart, who has no memory of the crash. The lone eyewitness of the crash said Luikart was not at fault, and the jury agreed.
"They tried to take advantage of a girl who had amnesia and was very badly injured," Colbach says.
Auto accidents, bicycle accidents, and motorcycle accidents can cause traumatic brain injury. Car occupants are perhaps the most protected in any car crash, and they also can experience traumatic brain injury (TBI). Bicycle helmets do little to protect the head of the cyclist and they are not even designed with the intention of being able to protect a cyclist from an impact with a car. Motorcycle helmets are much better than bicycle helmets but because of the real vehicle road speeds motorcycles travel on roads and highways, and being in fast moving traffic, motorcycle accidents are usually intense and serious for the motorcyclist.
