Parking Lots Potholes are Valuable – to Attorneys and Plaintiffs

Pothole.info | Preserve and Protect
Date: August 9, 2012

Reports in July 2011 that a community college student has filed a $375,000 lawsuit against her school in Eugene, Oregon should not surprise too many people. The student tripped in a 6-inch-by-1-inch pothole next to where she parked, leading to $14,000 in medical costs. Perhaps what was most newsworthy about the case is the student has a disabling bone disease – and the pothole was adjacent to her handicapped parking space.  READ MORE