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I feel bad filing after a wrong-way crash in Beaverton, but my paycheck is gone

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.

ARTICLE by Laura Whitfield

I can't afford a lawyer after this Bend crash - am I screwed?

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.

ARTICLE by Maria Gutierrez

Another crash, another fight over who gets your money first

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.

ARTICLE by Janet Yamamoto

This is my second crash in a Corvallis work zone, and now the contract is the fight

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.

ARTICLE by Jesse Kowalski

Handling a Tire Blowout Crash Insurance Dispute

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.

ARTICLE by Jesse Kowalski

Gresham claim going nowhere? A silent insurer after a sidewalk crash can backfire

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.

ARTICLE by Pavel Novak

Her Salem garage crash looks obvious until the immunity claim hits

The first fight is not just who drove the wrong way - it's locking down the garage evidence before the public agency and insurers shrug and say nothing can be proved.

ARTICLE by Pavel Novak

Signed the papers after a Bend police-chase crash - did that cost you the truck data?

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.

ARTICLE by Maria Gutierrez

Funeral Costs and Estate Issues After an Oregon Bus Crash

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.

ARTICLE by Maria Gutierrez

No ER visit doesn't let a Portland insurer brush off your rear-end crash

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.

ARTICLE by Derek Thompson

Our Uber got clipped cutting through a Bend parking lot and now they're saying the treatment gap ruined the case

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.

ARTICLE by Derek Thompson

my parked car got hit in Portland and now insurance says there's an exclusion

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.

ARTICLE by Tanya Richardson

This is the estimated change in a vehicle's speed during a crash, used to describe how much force was involved in the impact. A lot of people mistake it for the car's speed...

Forty grand in bills and they still call your disc "pre-existing"

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.

ARTICLE by Janet Yamamoto

My brother hydroplaned in Hillsboro, can he recover if insurers say it's partly his fault?

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...

my life got wrecked in Gresham and now the insurer says the treatment "wasn't necessary"

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.

ARTICLE by Colleen O'Shea

My wife borrowed a car in Hillsboro, got hit in a bad lane shift, and now the other driver had no real insurance

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.

ARTICLE by Jesse Kowalski

What do I save after my husband's Portland taxi crash?

You may have only 24 to 72 hours before nearby video is erased. Save everything tied to the crash now: photos of all vehicles, the taxi's company name, cab number, and plate,...

A Salem fog pileup can wreck your claim before the cars are even towed

In a near-zero-visibility crash around Salem, the evidence that matters disappears fast, and claims involving a city, county, state truck or road problem can run into Oregon's brutal 180-day notice deadline.

ARTICLE by Pavel Novak

Why does the insurer want my therapy records after a Bend crash if police blamed them?

The police report may say the other driver caused the crash, but that is not what decides how much your claim is worth. Fault matters, but so do your damages - including PTSD,...