Representing Truckers Against Negligent Trucking Companies
We recently settled a trucking collision case in which our client suffered serious injuries to his right leg. The survivor was a passenger in a trucking rig that was involved in a three truck collision on icy roads in eastern Oregon.
February 2012 Tort Tips
Oregon Law Helps in Smaller Cases ORS 20.080 is intended to help someone who has suffered more modest injury or property losses by encouraging wrongdoers and their insurers to fairly and quickly settle their claims, or suffer attorney fee consequences. The 2011 Legislature raised the amount subject to ORS 20.080 to $10,000. Under that statute: [...]
Insurance Company’s Unfair Offer Rejected by Arbitrator
Oregon may be the only state in the country where you do not have any power to hold your own auto insurance company accountable for unfairly evaluating the value of your claim. What does that mean? Here’s an example. As we all know, bad driving happens. A careless driver may crash into your car while [...]
High School Sports Brain Injury Prevention
This segment of The Law and You features Eugene, Oregon personal injury trial lawyer Lara Johnson talks of the growing concern about student athletes’ head injuries. The Corson & Johnson Law Firm, a Eugene, Oregon personal injury trial law firm, produced and distributes The Law and You as a continuing public service to help Oregon [...]
December 2011 Tort Tips
Punitive Damages Changes Until recently, Oregon has required that personal injury plaintiffs give 60% of any punitive damages recovery to the state’s Crime Victims Compensation Fund. This past session, the Oregon Legislature passed House Bill 3525, which amended the punitive damages statute so that personal injury plaintiffs must now give 70% of any punitive damage [...]
