An Oregon employee injured at work has important rights to workers' compensation benefits including medical costs, lost wages, and permanent disability, if any. But the worker must comply with certain...
A new Oregon Court of Appeals opinion upholds an injured employee’s right to a clear decision accepting or denying his or her workers’ compensation claim in a timely manner. The...
If you’ve felt chronic neck or back pain after what might seem like a “minor” collision because there wasn’t much damage to the cars, you might be inclined to dismiss...
Dictionaries usually define “accident” as something like “an event that causes injury or damage and occurs by chance.” “Every time that anybody is injured it is commonly spoken of as...
A vehicle crash may do little, if any, harm to the vehicles. Many low-speed crashes, however, do a great deal of harm to their victims. Neck and back pain caused...
It seems sensible to conclude that an elderly injury causes greater harm than an injury earlier in life. Older people, for example, “are more likely to break bones in falls...
An injury case is usually handled on a “contingent fee” basis under a written agreement between the client and his or her attorney. This type of fee agreement increases access...
Helping animals and their human guardians and working for animal rights
You can find a competent lawyer who handles cases involving harm to animals of all kinds. The dogs, cats, horses,...
Helping employees injured while working
Workers hurt doing their jobs deserve proper representation. Oregon workers’ compensation claims allow those employees to receive important benefits. Medical treatment, wage loss and disability compensation,...
Helping people hurt by negligence or wrongful conduct
In case of serious injury you should think about hiring an experienced attorney. You can consider the injury serious if it affects someone’s...
