Can a car insurance company refuse to pay a claim? Oregon car accident attorney Aaron DeShaw answers your questions and more. Perhaps this is a familiar story to you: you pay your premiums on time every month. You have few (if any) driving infractions, and you always drive safely and defensively. Then, one day, another driver hits you from out of nowhere—and you have to file your first car insurance claim. You may be full of questions: What if the auto insurance company refuses to pay for the rental car or hospital bill? What if the car insurance company refuses to pay for an MRI?  What h ..read more

Our Portland personal injury law firm is quite different because we have specific ways that we handle personal injury cases based upon our extensive knowledge of the insurance industry. One example is that based upon Dr. DeShaw's extensive knowledge of insurance bodily injury claim software (Colossus, ClaimIQ, Liability Navigator) as the author of the only book on that topic, we handle our settlement offer letters (often called "demand letters") in a specific way based upon the insurer's software. This provides insurers the best opportunity to provide the best settlement offer to our clients b ..read more

The following is a summary of a recent outcome in a claim against Lyft's insurer Indian Harbor, State Farm and a Lyft driver. This is one of several serious / catastrophic cases our law firm has handled against rideshare companies such as Uber and Lyft or their insurers. Our client sustained serious injuries when struck while riding in a Lyft rideshare vehicle. Our law firm navigated complex factual, medical and insurance issues on behalf of this client in a case that has now been ongoing for several years. The facts are contested by both parties. In this litigation we alleged that the Cl ..read more

After decades of dispute by lower courts, the Oregon Supreme Court finally has upheld an Oregon insurance policyholder's ability to file litigation against their own insurer for failure to make a good faith offer in an insurance claim. Oregon was one of only three states in the United States that failed to recognize "first party bad faith" despite passing a version of the insurance industry's Unfair Claims Practice Act into law in the late 1960s and updating it in the 1970s. For reasons that have remained a mystery for decades, Oregon's lower courts viewed the statute as providing no legal rig ..read more

Our Oregon law firm has been retained by a passenger sitting near the defective door on Alaska Air Flight 1282. If you are a fellow passenger on Alaska Air Flight 1282, we would appreciate you contacting our office online or calling us at (503) 782-9750 to provide a witness statement. If you are seeking an Alaska Air Flight 1282 lawyer, our office has extensive background with both Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ("PTSD") and inner ear injuries that can occur with rapid pressure changes caused by trauma, explosions or rapid aviation depressurization. Our office is already in contact with the Vi ..read more

This is an overview of the challenges, obstacles and nuances of a case we recently settled two days before trial in federal court. This client had notable pre-existing depression and anxiety. Client also had a history of headaches and some symptoms similar in nature to those aggravated by the concussion, albeit much less severe or frequent. But, this was seized upon as a primary defense in the case.  The retailer made no settlement offer prior to filing the lawsuit even though pictures and video demonstrated that the display was set up with the base plate not supported and sitting on top ..read more

Oregon trial lawyer, Aaron DeShaw, has obtained a $77,523,748.93 compensatory damage verdict in the case of M.M. & N.S. v. Nicolopoulos - believed to be the largest personal injury jury verdict in Oregon history. This case achieved regional and national news when it first occurred, and is now making news due to the jury's verdict. In addition to it being the largest compensatory damage jury verdict (with no punitive damages) in Oregon history, it is also believed to be the second largest amputation verdict in US history. In March of 2018 Defendant Nicolopoulos brought his girlfriend to Lin ..read more

This follows Dr. DeShaw being selected for Super Lawyers, The American Board of Trial Advocates and receiving Oregon Trial Lawyers Association's prestigious Presidential Award ..read more

In a six day trial against a State Farm insured driver, Washington brain injury lawyer Aaron DeShaw has obtained a verdict for double the at-fault driver's insurance policy limit. The jury included a long time State Farm insurance adjustor. State Farm Insurance, the insurer for the at-fault driver, refused to make any offer for 5 1/2 years despite liability, injuries and damages to the client being clear ..read more

Dr. DeShaw and Baum Hendlund have a history of success working together on behalf of several brain damaged clients against medical device manufacturers selling dangerous Electroconvulsive Therapy devices, leading to the bankruptcy of ECT manufacturer Mecta.  In this case, these three firms will work together to represent people injured by Merck's misrepresentations to the public and FDA regarding the ingredients and risks of the Gardasil vaccine ..read more