{"id":143198127,"date":"2009-07-16T09:15:27","date_gmt":"2009-07-16T09:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=143198127"},"modified":"2009-07-16T09:15:27","modified_gmt":"2009-07-16T09:15:27","slug":"cyclist-sues-for-opened-car-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=143198127","title":{"rendered":"Cyclist Sues for Opened Car Door"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a new skirmish between bikers and motorists: A Southeast Portland cyclist is suing a woman for opening a car door directly in her path, allegedly causing a collision and permanent injuries.<br \/>\nAccording to a lawsuit filed July 8 in Multnomah County Circuit Court, Kristin Ragnarsson was riding eastbound on Southeast Stark Street on July 3, 2008.<br \/>\nAs Ragnarsson passed the intersection with Southeast 28th Avenue, the lawsuit says, Judith Latourette-Meyers of Clackamas County had her vehicle parked at the curb on the south side of Stark. According to the lawsuit, Latourette-Meyers opened her driver-side door \u201cdirectly into the path\u201d of Ragnarsson\u2019s bike.<br \/>\nRagnarsson suffered injuries to her head, back, left hip and right hand, the lawsuit says, including a cut to her right index finger and a broken metacarpal. The injury to her right hand is permanent, the lawsuit says.<br \/>\nThe suit, filed by Vancouver lawyer Daniel Jacobs, seeks $12,765.96 for medical bills, plus up to $100,000 for pain and suffering.<br \/>\nLatourette-Meyers could not be reached for comment.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.wweek.com\/news\/2009\/07\/10\/juicy-suits-cyclist-sues-for-opened-car-door\/\">https:\/\/blogs.wweek.com\/news\/2009\/07\/10\/juicy-suits-cyclist-sues-for-opened-car-door\/<\/a>oldId.20090716091527390<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a new skirmish between bikers and motorists: A Southeast Portland cyclist is suing a woman for opening a car door directly in her path, allegedly causing a collision and permanent injuries. According to a lawsuit filed July 8 in Multnomah County Circuit Court, Kristin Ragnarsson was riding eastbound on Southeast Stark Street on July &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=143198127\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cyclist Sues for Opened Car Door&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143198127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143198127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143198127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143198127\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143198127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143198127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143198127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}