Category: Personal Injury Law
Portland Injury Attorneys See Many Accident Victims Who Need Legal Assistance
Injury claims arise from a number of events, incidents and circumstances in which you of a loved one sustains serious injury as the result of an accident. Common injury claims that the Portland injury attorneys see in their personal injury practice are the result of car accidents, truck accidents, boat accidents, motorcycle accidents, bike accidents,… read more
After an Accident, Speak to a Lawyer BEFORE the Insurance Company
It’s one thing when you are a NASCAR favorite and announce on national television that you believe another NASCAR driver was at-fault in an accident as Denny Hamlin did this week. After all, he does have great video to back up his accusation. But, when you are a regular Oregon citizen, driving on regular Oregon… read more
Oregon Truck Crashes are Complicated – Do You Need an Attorney?
An Oregon truck driver who crashed his truck after swerving to avoid hitting an animal in the roadway, unleashed 500 million bees onto Highway 97 near Madras last week. Fortunately, the truck driver was uninjured in the crash, but it took bee apprentices from the Central Oregon Beekeepers Association 12 hours to rescue the bees…. read more
Oregon Car Accident Lawyers Explain Pedestrian Injury Compensation
Pedestrians Rarely Escape Injury When Involved In A Car Accident Pedestrians are some of the most vulnerable victims in car accidents. With little protection against the impact and power of a car, pedestrians rarely escape injury when involved in a car accident. As seen in this most recent pedestrian accident, the most commonly injured victims… read more
Oregon Injury Attorneys’ Update On Potential Legislation
New Legislation Could Affect Oregon Bicycle Accident Victim Compensation As spring quickly approaches and warm weather arrives, Oregon residents are already beginning to enjoy the great outdoors. Unfortunately, an inevitable consequence of an increase in outdoor activities is that more opportunities exist for injuries to occur. In anticipation of the many outdoor activities you might… read more
Oregon Car Accident Laws Designed to Help Injury Victims
According to Oregon Car Accident Laws, Innocent Victims Deserve Fair and Just Compensation for Their Losses Driving while drunk in Oregon, or any state for that matter, is a criminal offense. In addition to being subject to penalties for the crime of drunk driving, if involved in an accident where injuries are sustained, the driver… read more
Gresham Accident Lawyers: What to Do After a Car Crash
67-Year-Old Man, Trapped Under the Dashboard of His Wrecked Vehicle, Appears to Be Okay With little to go on except a neighborhood resident explaining that GPS directions in his location sometimes misdirect people, police in Lake City are still wondering how a 67-year-old man wrecked his car, became stuck under the dashboard, and spent the… read more
Wrong-Way Vehicle Accidents Can Cause the Most Serious Injuries
Every couple of days a new report of a wrong-way driving accident hits the news. Almost epidemic in some states, wrong-way motor vehicle accidents account for approximately 350 highway deaths in the US each year. According to the Federal Highway Administration, wrong way driving has been an ongoing problem since the beginning of the interstate… read more
Milwaukie Injury Attorneys Ready to Help You
Oregon 6, a High Priority Safety Problem, Is Once Again the Scene of a Serious Single-Vehicle Accident A stretch of Oregon 6, recently identified by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) as a trouble spot for crashes, claimed its most recent victim March 5th when a Vancouver man drove his 2002 Ford Explorer off the… read more
Oregon Legislature Considers Harsher Penalties for Hit-and-Run Drivers
With the Oregon legislature considering a bill to make penalties harsher for those convicted of injury hit-and-run collisions, pedestrian and bicycle groups are hoping for a decrease in hit and run injuries throughout Oregon. House Bill 2542 would force a driver convicted of serious injury hit-and-run to forfeit his or her driver’s license for three… read more