Automobile Accidents

• Is it Time to Revise Oregon's Motor Vehicle Laws for Older Drivers?

  Brad Brad | November 07, 2006 12:18 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  It's way past time to revise Oregon's motor vehicle laws as they pertain to us older motorists. Just 20 states have short-cycle renewals requiring in-person driver's license exams after one attains a specified age. And most of these 20 states do not require either written or driving retesting for these individuals.The author tells us about the automobile accident that severely injured his wife...

• Personal Injury Lawsuits Involving Oregon Injury Lawyers

  Brad Brad | October 25, 2006 7:52 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  Have you been injured and either live in Oregon or think you might have a case that took place in Oregon? It is best to seek professional help immediately. The law is a complicated affair and best handled by a competent attorney. Check out the services of an Oregon injury lawyer and see what he/she can do for you.Have you been injured and either live in Oregon or think you might have a case that...

• Policy Limits Obtained for Pedestrian Hit By Driver

  Staff Writer | September 08, 2006 1:12 AM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  Our firm obtained a policy limits offer for our client who was hit, as a pedestrian, in a crosswalk by a driver. The motor vehicle accident caused serious personal injuries to our client, a resident of Portland, Oregon. Pedestrians are often hit in crosswalks by drivers failing to watch the road. In Oregon, the law requires drivers to stop for pedestrians in crosswalks.

• Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Claims Basics

  Staff Writer | December 20, 2005 5:00 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  Part of Oregon's mandatory insurance coverage is Uninsured Motorist (UM) and Underinsured Motorist (UIM) coverage. Basically what that coverage says is that your insurer will pay for compensatory damages which the uninsured or underinsured motorist is legally obligated to pay. That general grant of coverage is riddled with exceptions and qualifications. And the insured must comply with the...

• Delay and Compromise: the Insurer's Tools

  Staff Writer | November 16, 2005 12:12 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  So the insurance company tried to ignore your claim as long as they could? Wouldn't return voicemails? When they did reply, the offer was way too small. And the adjuster acts like you're asking the world for a trivial injury. And that cases like yours settle for their lowball amount every day. Sound familiar?The insurer is using their two most common and potent tools to save money: delay...

• Medical Expenses in Bicycle and Pedestrian Cases

  Staff Writer | November 10, 2005 3:59 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  In Oregon, your medical expenses from a car accident are ordinarily covered under your own personal injury protection (PIP) policy and paid as you go rather than at the end of the claim. So what happens when you do not have a PIP policy but get hit by a motor vehicle? The Oregon PIP statutes require PIP to cover pedestrians who are struck by a motor vehicle, and define bicycles as pedestrians...

• Pedestrian Accidents - An In-Depth Look

  Staff Writer | November 04, 2005 10:09 AM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  In May The Honolulu Advisor published a special report on pedestrian accidents:Every day on average, one or two people get hit by a car as they're walking on a street somewhere on O'ahu. Most of the accidents occur in a six-mile long area between Kapahulu and Kalihi. Pedestrians use the crosswalk at King Street and Fort Street Mall in downtown Honolulu, an area prone to pedestrian accidents....

• Motorcycle Accidents Increase

  Staff Writer | November 04, 2005 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  A middle-aged Canadian man died on Labor Day when his motorcycle struck a car near the Oregon coast. In Central Oregon, a middle-aged couple from Aloha suffered injuries when their Harley Davidson collided with a Jeep.The incidents were the latest in what has become a sharp, if little-noticed, rise in the number of motorcycle accidents in Oregon.More than 550 motorcyclists were killed or injured...