A personal injury claim is a process that allows an injured person to seek compensation when someone else’s wrongful conduct causes them harm. These claims cover a wide range of incidents, from car accidents and motorcycle crashes to brain injuries and even wrongful...
If you’ve been in a car crash in Oregon, you might be wondering whether it’s a no-fault state and how that affects your insurance and legal rights. Oregon’s legal system for motor vehicle personal injuries is based on fault. While Oregon does require a limited amount...
Personal Injury Protection (PIP) is a type of limited no-fault auto insurance coverage required by law for motor vehicle insurance policies issued in Oregon that cover private passenger motor vehicles. PIP can help pay for your medical bills, lost wages, and essential...
If you’ve been wrongfully injured, understanding statutes of limitations is one of the most important things to know to protect your legal rights. Oregon law sets time limitations on bringing personal injury cases. While people generally talk about statutes of...
A personal injury case arises after someone is harmed due to another party’s negligence, recklessness, or intentional act, or after someone is hurt by a dangerously defective product. Unlike a simple insurance claim, a personal injury case involves filing a formal...
The Corson & Johnson Law Firm does not give financial, medical, or counseling advice, but we wanted to pass along some thoughts from others involved in helping after a traumatic loss.
Insurance companies use a “3-D” strategy when responding to claims. They delay, deny, and defend in order to avoid paying out money. These five tips can help you “play the game” with your insurance company and get your claim settled the right way. 1. Inform your...
Most of us pay insurance premiums–auto, health, and home, to name a few–to protect us in the case of losses. We expect the insurance companies to pay for what their policies promise, whether it’s our insurance policy or the insurance policy of the person or company...
Most insurance companies try to pay as little money as possible to settle a claim with an injured person. Insurance companies are notorious for their “low ball” offers, which often fall far short of what a survivor needs to cover current and future losses. Many people...
This segment of The Law and You features Oregon personal injury trial lawyer Don Corson discussing how reimbursement is often demanded from a health insurer from a personal injury survivor's settlement. TRANSCRIPT JOEL: This is Joel Block for The Law and You with...