Slip and Fall Cases Caused by Negligence

Slip-and-fall cases fit in the category of premises liability.  That basically means that there is something wrong with a property which causes an injury.  Slip-and-fall cases usually have the same basic fact pattern—there is some problem with the property, whether something left on the ground (liquid, or something slippery, or a defective rug) or something … Read More

Will ODOT Take Action After a Deadly Accident?

Portland’s news channel, KGW, reports that two young women, both Pacific University students, were killed in a car crash at the intersection of Oregon 47 and Verboort Road near Forest Grove.  Marilee Peters, who has lived next to the intersection for a quarter century called it a very dangerous stretch of road.  She said, “I don’t know … Read More

Insurer Blames Phantom “Preexisting Condition” For Injuries, Pays Up

Our client was idling in his pickup truck at a Eugene, Oregon intersection when another driver traveling on road intersecting his drifted into our client’s lane and smashed the front left side car.  That driver was moving at 60 miles per hour when the collision occurred and our client was seriously injured, who was diagnosed … Read More