Oregon Accidents

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.

Oregon wrongful death cases often resolve in the six- or seven-figure range, but the worst-case answer is this: a family member usually cannot file personally at all. In...

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...

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 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....

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...

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 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...

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 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 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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 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.

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.

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.