Wrongful Death
Complex cases are difficult enough to litigate. Explaining them clearly to a jury is often the bigger challenge. That was especially true in a wrongful death case arising from a fatal shooting in the parking lot of a national chain hardware store located in Portland, OR. Handled by trial attorney Tom D’Amore, the case involved…
Few cases are more devastating than those involving the loss of a child. For trial attorney Tom Dickerson, one of the most heartbreaking cases of his career involved a family whose lives were forever changed when a commercial semi-truck slammed into the back of their vehicle. The family had come to a stop on a…
Ten years after Mansur Ball-Bey was shot in the back by St. Louis police, the central question in the courtroom was not abstract. It was physical. The only witness for the victim was dead, all the other witnesses were cops, and there were many unanswered questions. Where was Ball-Bey when the bullet struck him? Where…
A trash hauler found that his pull-out bar for removing the trash from his trailer was bent when he was at a recycling and transfer facility. Trying to be helpful, the excavator operator agreed to use his bucket to straighten it out. He neglected to take the trash hauler’s safety into consideration, doing this maneuver…