Regardless of the definition of “service” or “assistance” animal under Oregon or other state law, the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) prohibits disability-based discrimination by employers, public entities, and public...
The Oregon Supreme Court affirmed a Court of Appeals decision that authorized a criminal sentence to reflect harm to individual animal victims of abuse. Until State v. Nix,1 multiple counts of misdemeanor animal...
Over 33,000 people were injured and more than 300 were killed in 2013 in Oregon car accidents according to the most recent motor vehicle traffic crash data from the Oregon...
Slip and fall accidents injure millions of Americans every year. Approximately 14,000 people die and hundreds of thousands suffer permanent disability after falling. The elderly are especially vulnerable. Charles E....
Working to recover full compensation for someone who’s been hurt by negligence or wrongful conduct is part of the missions of a plaintiff’s lawyer. But the lawyer’s part of the...
Most of us have no expectation of ever being a plaintiff. Often, the first visit by a seriously injured person to a personal injury attorney may be his or her...
An injured person seeking attorney representation often wants to know how much the lawyer thinks the case is worth. Based on the knowledge of the law on compensatory damages, previous...
You may know that time limits apply to personal injury lawsuits. A person hurt in a car accident, on a dangerous walkway, or by a defective product or other wrongfully...
Many doctors post notices in their waiting rooms that say something like: “payment is expected at the time services are rendered.” For someone compelled to seek medical care because of a...
Nobody starts the day expecting to get hurt on the job. Unfortunately, injuries in and around the workplace are all too common. In fact, a work injury can happen in...