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Why should you hire Michael Colbach for your Portland personal injury attorney? Proven Results. I can make car insurance companies pay when they do not want to by taking your case to a jury. Insurance companies do not pay you a fair amount because they want to. They only pay you when they have to. Oftentimes, after I file a lawsuit, Insurance companies significantly increase the offer because they have to weigh the risk of settlement against the risk of a big jury verdict. Most of the time they will not take that risk and end up paying my clients a fair settlement. Insurance companies rarely offer you a fair amount for your injuries without a lawyer. Three examples: 1. In a case where an injured client was blamed for the accident and offered a bit less than $100,000 and in 2024 a jury awarded client over $4 million. 2. In another case where my client was offered $4,000 before he hired me. At trial a jury awarded client $550,000. 3. In another case the insurance company originally blamed my client and would not even fix his motorcycle. I filed a lawsuit and a month before trial they offered $2 million and said they would never pay a penny more. After picking a jury and presenting witnesses, they nearly tripled their offer and the case settled.