Woman claims life-altering injuries after driving over Portland pothole, in $3.6 million lawsuit

Oregon Live ^ | 4/26/2024 | Staff

[MayflowerMadam]

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

[Ezekiel]

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...

[Old Grumpy]

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

[Jyotishi]

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

Actually, “Potland”.

[House Atreides]

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

[Openurmind]

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.

[Retain Mike]

"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.

[Openurmind]

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.

[null and void]

Pre 1968?

[A strike]

Even if necessary lawyers are SERIOUS scum!

[HartleyMBaldwin]

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.

[Openurmind]

1979...

[null and void]

That surprises me. The trailer should have had a Mansfield barrier to prevent that.

[Chode]

[moovova]

And a mask.

[adorno]

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.

[algore]

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

[TigersEye]

And welding goggles.

[logi_cal869]

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.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

To hear her tell it, it must have been like this...