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The Bill Naito Company, which owns the Montgomery Park at 2701 N.W. Vaughn St., faces a $10,000 lawsuit from a woman who says caustic liquid dropped onto her, causing a list of injuries. (The Oregonian/File photo)

A woman who says she had parked her car in a Northwest Portland parking garage when a mysterious liquid dripped onto her forearm filed a $10,000 lawsuit last week against the garage's owner.

Shoshanna Doty's lawsuit states that the caustic liquid landed onto her right forearm in April 2015 in the Montgomery Park garage, at Northwest 27th and Vaughn Street. The suit says the substance caused all sorts of unexplained injuries, including muscle spasms, swelling, tingling, numbness, blotchiness and severe pain.

Doty's Portland attorney, Mark Ginsberg, said he has not been able to find out what the liquid was from the Bill Naito Company, which owns the building and parking structure.

A representative from Bill Naito Company didn't return calls seeking comment on Wednesday and Thursday.

"Naito (the company) admitted to us that they knew there was a liquid that had been damaging cars," Ginsberg told The Oregonian/OregonLive. "And that they had been paying claims for the damage to people's cars."

Ginsberg said he tried to settle Doty's case before filing a lawsuit, but he said the company would agree to pay only "pennies." That didn't come close to covering her $1,527 in out-of-pocket medical expenses, he said.

On top of medical expenses, Doty is seeking about $377 in lost income and as much as $8,100 for pain and suffering. Her suit also seeks attorneys fees.

Read the lawsuit here.

-- Aimee Green

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