Oregon Accidents

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

ORS 746.230 lists unfair claim settlement practices in Oregon, and when an insurer crosses that line, the cost can be very real: delayed medical payments, lowball offers,...

The biggest mistake is thinking you can sort out insurance later. You can't. In Oregon, the first 48 hours can make or break what your claim is worth. The dumbest myth is: "I...

In Washington, he could still recover even if he was mostly to blame. In Oregon, that same crash can wipe out the claim if he is found more than 50% at fault. Picture a real...

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.

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.

In Washington, your own PIP coverage might start paying medical bills fast no matter who caused the crash. Oregon is different: fault matters a lot more, and the answer is...

The biggest risk is not firing your lawyer. It's missing a deadline while the file is in limbo. The insurance company will tell you switching lawyers will slow everything down,...

When you wreck a borrowed car in Hillsboro and the at-fault driver turns out to be basically uninsured, the fight usually starts with the car owner's policy, not your medical bills.

In Oregon, wrongful death and survival claims are not the same thing, and the money for funeral bills, the estate, kids, and family members does not all flow through the same lane.

In California, this can turn into a harder fight if there was no physical contact with the other vehicle. In Oregon, your insurer will likely tell you to open a claim under...

In California, a spouse or child can often file directly. In Oregon, the insurance company will tell you "only the estate can sue" and hope everyone stops asking questions....

Oregon third-party vehicle injury cases often settle in the five figures to low six figures, while severe truck-crash verdicts can go much higher. Yes, pushing workers' comp...

The ER doctor may tell you to get follow-up care, physical therapy, and maybe a spine or orthopedic second opinion. The insurance company will read those same records and look...

After a summer crash on Beltline near Delta Highway in Eugene, the rule is simple: you do not have to accept a settlement before your injuries and pregnancy-related care are...

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.