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• Liability and The Rear End Auto Accident Collision

  Staff Writer | December 27, 2005 5:36 PM | 1 CommentPortland, OR

  Most people have heard that rear-end collision type auto accidents are the fault of the driver who hits the person in front of them. In almost every case that is true. But why?The general rule of the common law forbids creating unreasonable risks of harm to others, which is Oregon's formulation of negligence law. In most automobile collision cases, the specifications of negligence include...

• Car and Train Collide Because of Text-Messaging Driver

  Jenny Albano | October 18, 2007 2:14 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  An Oregon man crashed into a freight train on Tuesday, October 16 at around 2 a.m. The driver, Robert Gillespie, and the crew on-board the train were not seriously injured. Gillespie told rescue...

• Pedestrian Crosswalk Death Highlights Nighttime Dangers and Safety

  Josh Shulman | November 09, 2009 3:38 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  A horrific pedestrian accident a few days ago in Portland serves as a grim reminder of the importance for drivers to pay extra attention once the sun sets and for pedestrians to use extreme caution...

• Car Crashes Into Portland Home Injuring Two

  Chrissie Cole | March 22, 2009 2:39 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  A car struck a power pole and then a house in Portland on Sunday sending two people to the hospital. The car crash occurred at the intersection of Southeast 162nd Avenue and Taggart Street....

• Two Teens Die in Oregon Car Accident

  Jenny Albano | March 30, 2008 12:33 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  Two teenagers from Roseburg, Oregon died on Friday, March 28 after the car they were riding in swerved off the road, hit an electrical pole, hit a tree, and then flipped over. The 15-year-old driver, Jacob Gonzales, of the 1995 Toyota Camry is in serious condition after the car accident and another passenger was already treated and released from the hospital.Gonzales failed to negotiate a...

• Numb Tongue From Wisdom Tooth Removal

  Staff Writer | April 16, 2007 3:56 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  Most people have their wisdom teeth removed -- the 3rd molars. If the teeth are removed wrong a patient can leave the oral surgery or dental office with a permanently numb tongue. The lingual nerve provides sensation, including taste, to the tongue.If your tongue is still numb the day after your wisdom teeth have been removed, you should report the problem to the dentist or oral surgeon who...

• Driver Injured when Armored Truck Strikes Vehicle

  Christina Cole | February 14, 2007 10:57 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  An armored truck crashed into the back of a pickup truck, injuring the driver on Interstate 5, Monday.The driver was traveling northbound on I-5 at approximately 10:40am when his pickup truck was hit from behind by an Oregon Armored Services armored truck. He was transported by ambulance to Mercy Medical Center where he was treated and released.The drivers of the armored truck were not injured...

• Man Assisting Co-Worker Dies in Trucking Accident

  Christina Cole | January 29, 2007 10:19 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  A man died in a trucking accident while assisting his co-worker. At approximately 12:30pm on Friday, Gregory Striker, was helping a co-worker who was trying to park a semi trailer, when he fell beneath the wheels of the very trailer he was guiding.Apparently, Striker was standing on the road between a "lowboy" trailer and a pivoting dolly that was being towed behind it. Striker may have been...

• Certain Models of Triple-Channel Infusion Pumps Recalled

  Jenny Albano | July 25, 2007 1:54 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  On Friday, the FDA alerted healthcare professionals of a class 1 recall of certain models of an upgraded triple-channel volumetric infusion pump made by Colleague and Colleague CX. A software malfunction may sound an alarm in the device, showing an error code 16:310:867:0002, which will stop infusing.An electronic infusion pump delivers controlled amounts of medicine or other fluids to patients...

• New Book Reveals Where Doctors Go Wrong

  Staff Writer | March 19, 2007 5:00 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  An article in Time magazine discusses a doctor's new book on why doctors make medical mistakes. The research found that 80% of medical mistakes are due to thinking errors on the part of the doctors and 20% are due to technical errors.The book is "How Doctors Think" and is a good read for anyone trying to get the best possible care and help protect him/herself from medical errors.