What Is the Statute of Limitations for Truck Accidents in Oregon?

Understanding the statute of limitations after a truck accident in Oregon is one of the most important steps you can take to protect your legal rights. These cases come with enormous stakes because commercial trucks cause severe injuries, long term medical needs, and costly property damage. Missing a deadline can completely block

Who Can File a Wrongful Death Lawsuit in Oregon?

When a loved one dies because of someone else’s negligence, families are often left with grief, unanswered questions, and unexpected financial burdens. In Oregon, a wrongful death lawsuit allows certain individuals to seek justice and accountability for that loss. But not everyone has the legal right to file. Understanding who can bring

Road Design, Speed Limits, and Car Crashes

[posted by Ben Larson, October 22, 2014] While car accident fatalities and injuries have continued to climb in other countries, Sweden has been engineering around the problem, with a goal to eliminate car injuries and deaths altogether. The plan is called “Vision Zero” and has been in effect since 1997. Check out

Defending Torts

The civil legal system has increasingly come under fire. It is widely believed that our tort system has become a flawed mess of un-meritorious lawsuits and greedy lawyers searching for any theory for which to bring a claim. The statement, “lawsuits are out of control,” is rarely, if ever questioned in the

PIP

You might have heard someone refer to Oregon, or another US state, as a “no-fault” accident state. What does that mean? No fault coverage comes into play when making a car accident claim on your auto insurance policy. Oregon law mandates personal injury protection benefits, commonly referred to as PIP benefits, in

Disclaimer

Published 11-23-15 The civil legal system has increasingly come under fire. It is widely believed that our tort system has become a flawed mess of un-meritorious lawsuits and greedy lawyers searching for any theory for which to bring a claim. The statement, “lawsuits are out of control,” is rarely, if ever questioned