Eugene Personal Injury Attorneys

Common injuries (auto accidents, slip-and-fall, professional malpractice--legal and medical) often have major consequences for the injured party and family members. We have access to excellent medical experts, accident reconstruction experts, rehabilitative experts and vocational experts to help us in maximizing the amount of compensation and restitution that we can bring to our clients.

Mr. Veralrud generally takes on all of the injury and death cases in the firm. We also oversee some types of on-the-job injury cases if it involves negligence on the part of a third party other than the employer. In on-the-job injury cases, we sometimes associate expert attorneys in workers compensation areas where there is a question as to whether it’s the employer or a third party who has the liability. (no extra cost to the client for the involvement of other experts in this area.)

Legal costs in personal injury cases:

if we feel that a case has value, we will take the case on what is called a "contingent fee basis." The terms means just that: our collection of an attorney fee is "contingent" on us procuring a financial settlement in your case. If you do not recover, we do not take an attorney fee. Oregon law permits us to take these contingent fee cases and permits us to "front" the legal costs of bringing the case so that the client, in most cases, is not obliged to pay money out of pocket until they actually have the claim resolved. These costs are paid out to third parties for expert witness reports and testimony, court filing fees, service fees, deposition costs and other expenses commonly incurred during the course of litigating a lawsuit. Some cases are obviously more risky than others.

We discuss fees and costs thoroughly with our clients before any retainer agreement is reached. We are happy to spend the time that the client needs to make sure they have a complete understanding of what will occur.

Finally, and most importantly to the potential client looking for competent, expert legal advice, Veralrud & Fowler offers free consultations on all personal injury matters. We invite you to contact us if you have an injury that you feel needs representation.