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.

Money awarded for the loss of enjoyment of life after a serious injury or death is commonly called hedonic damages. They focus on what a person can no longer do, experience, or...

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...

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.

What protections does the Constitution give for speech, religion, the press, assembly, and petitions to the government? First Amendment rights are the freedoms guaranteed by...

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.

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.

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 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.

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...

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.

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 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.

The right to refuse compelled answers that could help the government prove a crime against you. "Privilege" matters because it is not a blanket right to stay silent about...

Insurance adjusters and defense lawyers sometimes use this phrase to make real harm sound vague, optional, or hard to prove. They may argue that because there is no receipt for...

Money awarded for intangible harm - such as physical pain, emotional suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, disfigurement, inconvenience, and loss of companionship - falls under...

Can taking a safe-driving class actually count for something? Yes. A defensive driving course credit is the benefit a driver receives after completing an approved...

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.

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 person or organization has standing to sue when they are legally entitled to bring a case because they were directly affected by the dispute and the court can potentially...