Personal Injury Settlement Amounts Examples

2016

Mr. Stavley represented a young man in Eugene, Oregon who was a back-seat passenger in a car hit by a driver who ran a red light. The young man required surgery to repair a fractured jaw and a traumatically-caused urethral stricture.

2022

Mr. Stavley represented a woman who was injured when the rideshare driver began to drive before she was seated in the car, causing the woman to fall and suffer injuries requiring surgery.

2019

Mr. Stavley represented a central Oregon resident who was injured when a car crossed the center line and hit her during a snowstorm. She suffered a severe laceration to her arm, a broken kneecap and a broken finger as well as hematomas.

2019

Mr. Stavley represented a Portland man who was hit by a company vehicle while on his bicycle. There were no witnesses other than the cyclist and the company driver. The company driver said the cyclist swerved out of the bike lane in front of his truck at the last moment. The cyclist denied leaving his lane but had limited memory of the events due to his injuries which included multiple broken ribs, a lacerated spleen, and a fractured leg and arm.

2022

Mr. Stavley represented a woman who had her hand injured when a driver for a rideshare company reversed before the woman was entirely in the car. Her hand was pinched between the car door and a telephone pole.

2019

Mr. Stavley represented a construction worker who was injured when a truck in oncoming traffic tried to make a last-second left turn across traffic but instead hit the construction worker causing a significant collision. The construction worker suffered a compression fracture at T-12 and a cervical disc herniation at C-6/7. Neither injury required surgery and both healed in time but with some ongoing symptoms. Mr. Stavley resolved the case against the at-fault driver's insurance carrier for policy limits - $25,000 - and then brought a lawsuit against the construction worker's own insurance company for underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage. The case settled shortly before trial for an additional $500,000.

2024

Mr. Stavley represented the estate of a man killed in a car versus motorcycle collision. Before retaining Mr. Stavley, the insurance company for the at-fault driver took the position that there was no wrongful death claim because the man died instantly and did not have family who were eligible to bring a claim for their losses under Oregon's wrongful death statute. Shortly after filing a lawsuit the defense and the underinsured motorist insurance carrier offered their policy limits.

2018

Mr. Stavley represented the estate of a Portland man that died after being dropped off a gurney by a medical transportation company.

2021

Mr. Stavley represented a Vancouver couple who were on a motorcycle when they were hit by a teen-aged driver who failed to stop for a stop sign. The husband suffered a wrist injury requiring surgery while the wife suffered soft tissue injuries.

2024

Mr. Stavley represented a Bellevue woman who was hit head-on in a Seattle area tunnel. She suffered a collapsed lung that required medical intervention and hospitalization.

2012

Mr. Stavley represented a Portland woman who suffered a broken lower leg that required surgery after a motorcycle crash where the at-fault driver turned directly in front of her.

2020

Mr. Stavley represented a husband and wife that were injured when hit by an 18-wheeler. The husband suffered a hernia and the wife suffered a rotator cuff tear. Both required surgery.