Oregon Accidents

If you were on the clock in Beaverton when a wrong-way driver hit you on an on-ramp, your boss does not get to shame you out of a workers' comp claim.

A Portland physical therapist comes back to a smashed parked car, the other driver is gone, and the real fight becomes whether a policy exclusion wipes out coverage.

An Amazon Flex driver in Bend got wrecked on a blind curve while working and found out the company had no workers' comp, which changes who can be forced to pay.

A Bend Uber passenger still has a claim after a parking-lot cut-through crash, but a three-month treatment gap gives the insurer exactly the argument it wants.

A commercial painter in Gresham was hit hard enough to get pushed into traffic, and now the insurer is trying the oldest move in the book: calling the treatment unnecessary and hoping he backs off.

After a police-pursuit crash in Bend, truck electronic data can disappear fast, and waiting even a few days can make a bad case much worse.

A Gresham Amazon Flex driver hit on a sidewalk does not lose the claim just because the insurer goes silent, and Oregon law gives the driver real leverage.

A painter on a Corvallis commercial site got hit in a confusing work zone and now has two fights: not enough insurance and a contract clause nobody bothered to explain.

A Gresham teacher gets hit by a turning driver, ends up with a herniated disc, and now the real fight is over whether the crash actually caused the life-changing part of the injury.

You just got a letter that says your vehicle registration is suspended and your plates must be turned in. That is license plate confiscation: the government takes back,...

A claim can lose value if an injured person lets avoidable losses pile up. That can mean a smaller settlement or verdict, even when someone else clearly caused the accident. At...

The adjuster is about to ask, "What made you fall?" because in Oregon that answer can swing the value from $0 to a substantial settlement. Most people assume a stair-fall claim...

If you were shopping a batch, fell inside an Oregon grocery store, and the store's insurance got to you fast, the biggest risk is saying too much before anyone has sorted out whether this belongs in workers' comp, a liability claim, or both.

An Amazon van ran a stop sign, the driver had a suspended license and no active policy, and now the real mess is figuring out why your settlement already has other hands in it.

Miss this issue, and a government rule that singles people out can slide by untouched. That can mean unequal treatment in policing, licensing, benefits, school discipline,...

A person cannot be forced by the government to provide statements that could be used to help prove they committed a crime. "Cannot be forced" means the protection applies when...

This can change whether a law, workplace rule, or government policy survives a court challenge - and that can hit your case outcome hard. If a judge uses intermediate scrutiny,...

A tire blowout on an Oregon highway can turn into a fight over fault fast, especially when the insurer tries to shrug it off as nobody's problem.

You can still make a claim in Oregon after a rear-end crash without an ER visit, but the fight usually turns into proof, timing, and whether you're dealing with the other driver's tiny policy or your own UM/UIM coverage.

Losing benefits, a job, a license, or a legal claim because the government moved too fast or shut you out can hit your finances hard. When a decision affects your rights or...