Recent Blog Posts
PROVING A HEAD INJURY
As lawyers, we would certainly never pretend to diagnose someone with an injury. Still, from our experience, we develop a pretty good sense of the type of medical and observational evidence needed to prove injuries resulting from another person’s wrongful conduct. In any personal injury case, the case is driven by two elements: liability… Read More »
A CALL FOR GREATER DRIVER AWARENESS
July 2019 has been a rough month in the news when it comes to highlighting the true danger that motor vehicles pose. This blog post may not a revelation on any level, but it is merely intended to serve as a reminder that as routine or habitual as driving has become in our everyday… Read More »
HOW LONG WILL MY PERSONAL INJURY CASE TAKE?
One of the questions asked by virtually every person that comes into my office to talk about injuries from a motor vehicle collision is “how long is this going to take?” Other variations on the question include “how long will it take to settle my personal injury claim?” or “it seems like the insurance… Read More »
TRIAL BY AMBUSH: ONE BIG WAY OREGON’S CIVIL CASE PROCESS DIFFERS FROM WASHINGTON’S
Because our firm handles personal injury cases in Washington and Oregon, we are well-versed in how both states’ civil court rules operate. There is much that is the same between the two states. However, there are some major differences, and maybe none as major as this: the amount of pre-trial discovery the parties are… Read More »
ARE YOU REALLY SURE YOU ARE COVERED? HOMEOWNER’S AND RENTER’S INSURANCE POLICIES AND DOG BITES
Are you a dog owner? If so, it might be a good idea to read or re-read your insurance policy. As our prior blogs have discussed, even the nicest dogs occasionally bite, and when they do, the results can be ugly – including not just the original wound, but from the potential for complicated… Read More »
OLD PEOPLE, THEY JUST GROW LONESOME
There is the beginning, the middle, and the end. One way to look at life, anyway. At age 63, I am not exactly in the middle, but not yet at the end (I am certainly not at the beginning). As a son, a father, and a grandfather though, I do have a courtside seat… Read More »
THE OTHER DRIVER’S INSURANCE IS SAYING THE ACCIDENT WAS MY FAULT, WHAT CAN I DO?
All over the country, car accidents happen. In many of those cases, it is relatively clear whose fault it was, like when a person is rear-ended while stopped at a red light. Insurance companies will typically admit fault in those cases. In other cases, in my experience commonly involving multiple cars or questions about… Read More »
SCHAUERMANN THAYER ATTORNEYS VOLUNTEER FOR LOCAL 2019 TRIAL LAWYERS CARE EVENT
Bill Thayer, Brad Thayer, Ben Melnick, and Scott Edwards, pictured with the group. On Tuesday, June 4, Schauermann Thayer attorneys participated in the Southwest Washington effort of the Washington State Association for Justice’s (WSAJ) “Trial Lawyers Care” program. Scott Edwards, Bill and Brad Thayer, and Ben Melnick all worked with other personal injury attorneys… Read More »
IF I HIRE A LAWYER, CAN THE INSURANCE COMPANY STILL CONTACT ME?
Once an insurance company learns that a person is represented by an attorney, in practice the adjuster no longer contacts the person directly. All future communication goes through the attorney. This is something we state in all letters we send to an insurance company notifying them of our involvement. There are good reasons for… Read More »
ON GYMNASIUM WALL PADDING
Next time you walk into a gymnasium with a basketball court, take a look down towards the baselines, behind the backboards and hoops. How much distance is between the gym walls and the baselines? Are the walls behind the baskets padded? If so, how far out towards the sidelines does the padding extend? If… Read More »
