Category: Hit and Run Auto Accident

Oregon Hit and Run Laws Need to Change

At the moment, Oregon hit and run laws provide an unintentional but obvious loophole that actually encourages drivers in certain situations to flee the scene, even if they intend to turn themselves in later on. However, that time lapse can be fatal for the injured person left behind. Why would anyone leave an injured person… read more

You Deserve Compensation After a Hit and Run Accident

There are many crimes that shock and appall people, especially when an innocent victim is seriously injured or killed in the process. Included in the list of almost inconceivably criminal behavior are the hit and run incidents—not accidents—where one driver makes the cold and sinister decision to leave the scene of an accident without stopping… read more

Portland Police Bureau Cracks Down on Hit and Run Drivers

There are crimes of passion, petty crimes, crimes of negligence and neglect, white collar crimes born of greed and corruption…it’s true to say there are almost as many types of crime as there are criminals. But then there is the crime that in many ways is worse than most others. Portland bicycle accident lawyers and… read more

Portland Personal Injury: Bulging Disk After Accident

It’s not just cars that have shock absorbers. The human body has built-in shock absorbers in the form of cartilage, located throughout the body to protect bones and joints from wear and tear. The bones of the spine are stacked one on top of the other, and each joint is held together with small ligaments…. read more

Hit and Run Accident Victim Needs Your Help -Fundraiser

Kelley Miller Fundraiser – Help a Hit and Run Accident Victim Date: September 17, 2011 Location: Portland Family Farm & Home, 1870 E. Grand River, Portland Friends of a Mulliken woman who is now a ventilator-dependent quadriplegic following a hit-and-run accident, are holding an auction and fundraiser to help cover her medical treatment and transport… read more

Hit-and-Run Driver in Salem Fatal Pedestrian Accident Turns Himself In

Location: 47th Avenue NE, Northeast Salem Names: Morales Singer, Jake Montano A 19-year-old man who had been sought in an Oregon hit-run fatality, finally turned himself in to police, according to The Oregonian. On Wednesday January 26 at about 11:30pm, Morales Singer, age 37 of Salem and a father of three, was struck and killed… read more

Man Walking Bicycle Killed by Oregon Hit-and-Run Driver

Date: January 26, 2011 Location: NE Third and Seward, Bend Name: Anthony John Martin Bend, Oregon police believe that they have recovered a 2008 GMC pickup truck that struck and killed a man walking his bicycle across the street, and have identified an unnamed ‘person of interest’. Local media reports indicate that just before 11pm… read more

Oregon Hit-and-Run Victim Obtains $100,000 Settlement

Portland personal injury attorney Sean DuBois of DuBois Law Group helped a young man obtain a favorable settlement of $100,000 in November 2010 for a hit-and-run accident that left him with a torn medial meniscus in his right knee that required an arthroscopic meniscectomy. The man’s settlement represents the maximum amount possible that could have… read more

Highway 395 Hit and Run Crash Causes Death, Injuries

Date: December 21, 2010 Location: Umatilla, OR Names: Moises Arroyo Hernandez, Luis Lopez Morales, Nolberto Gonzalez Bernal, Lidia Tejeda, Jose Tejeda, Alejandra Tejeda, Nayeh Tejeda According to an Oregon State Police (OSP) press release, OSP troopers with the help of local law enforcement agencies arrested the suspected driver who fled the scene of a fatal… read more

18-Year-Old Pedestrian Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver

Date: July 18, 2010 Location: Tualatin Valley Highway, Hillsboro, Oregon Names: Jaziel Lopez-Medina A hit-and-run driver killed an 18-year-old man who was walking on or near the highway near the Sunset Esplanade Shopping Center in Hillsboro, Oregon. Over a month later, no one had come forward, and police were still looking for the person responsible…. read more