Categoría: Proceso por daños personales

What is my Case Worth?

What is a broken arm worth? How about a bulging vetebral disc that causes nerve pain down the arm for six months until surgery fixes it? What if the surgery doesn’t work? Unfortunately, there is no science to this.  In fact, here’s the crazy way that our society figures out what a broken arm is… leer más

FAQ’s About Auto Accident Insurance in Oregon

What if the other driver was at fault, but doesn’t have insurance? How will I pay my bills? Well, to pay your bills initially, you will be able to use your PIP. But in addition to PIP, you will also have other coverage in your policy to cover expenses over $15,ooo. In Oregon, every driver… leer más

How to use your Personal Injury Protection (PIP)

When you bought your insurance policy, if you are like most people in Oregon, you were thinking you were getting liability coverage, so if you caused a crash and injured someone, your insurance would take care of them.  But your insurance also contains “personal injury protection.” known as PIP. The idea behind PIP is that… leer más

Medical Liens and the Importance of Negotiation

If your health insurance or your auto insurance (PIP) pays your medical bills due to an injury that was someone else’s fault, and then you get a settlement from that person (or their insurance company), then your insurance company (that pays your medical bills) has the legal right to get back the money they paid… leer más

The Basics of Liability Insurance

Every driver in Oregon is required to have liability insurance.  Liability insurance is meant to protect you if you are legally responsible for an automobile accident. If you are driving and hurt someone else, your liability insurance will provide you with a lawyer, and will pay the injured person whatever amount he or she is… leer más

Aspectos básicos de las pólizas de seguro de automóvil

Si has tenido un accidente, te encontrarás recibiendo llamadas, cartas y facturas de varias compañías de seguros. Usted puede confundirse, hablando con la compañía de seguros del otro conductor, pensando que es la suya propia. Es fácil cometer errores y sentirse abrumado. Esperamos que la exposición de los distintos tipos de seguro te ayude... leer más

The Personal Injury Process

Here is a checklist of some steps you’ll want to consider in settling your case. Please note, this is not a list of what we do. As lawyers, we are able to take advantage of the legal system to do things differently. This is a helpful checklist of items that we hope the average person… leer más

Prescripción en Oregón

Muchas personas se hacen la misma pregunta, ¿cuánto tiempo tengo para presentar mi caso de lesiones personales? En general, los casos de lesiones personales en Oregon deben ser presentados ante el tribunal dentro de los dos años siguientes a la fecha de la lesión. Esto no significa que usted puede decidir un año y once meses después de su accidente que... leer más

What is Underinsured Motorist Insurance?

When you bought your insurance policy, in addition to PIP and liability coverage, you also got underinsured motorist insurance (UIM). If someone else hits you and causes $150,000 worth of injuries, but only has $25,000 worth of insurance, UIM will make up the difference, but only if you have UIM policy limits of $150,000 or… leer más

Can Bankruptcy Affect your Personal Injury Case?

If you are in bankruptcy, or might be soon, this can have an enormous effect on any recovery you may get from a personal injury case. If you are in bankruptcy, your claim does not belong to you; it belongs to your bankruptcy trustee. Generally, you can keep up to $10,000. But the rest usually… leer más