The Oregonian reports that the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office has decided not to criminally charge the driver in a pedestrian accident that resulted in the death of a 78-year-old woman and injury to her 80-year-old husband. Instead police issued tickets for two relatively minor traffic citations. The auto accident happened on Valentine’s Day morning … Read More
Portland Teens Killed in Commercial Truck Accident
A commercial truck accident killed two Portland teenagers earlier this month, reported news station KOIN. The crash occurred on Highway 47 north of Forest Grove during the morning of April 7, 2014. The driver of the truck was not injured. The report indicates that law enforcement had not yet determined precisely how the accident occurred. Preventing … Read More
Dog Bite Injuries: More than Just a Scratch
Dogs are man’s best friend. But when that friendship takes a turn that result can be a devastating dog bite. The recent attack of a Portland girl by a large dog in Gresham last week is only one example. Television station KATU reports that the four-year-old child arrived at Mount Hood Medical Center covered in blood … 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
Punitive Damages Used to Deter Bad Behavior
When a child is disrespectful, his parents ground him. When an adult steals a car, a judge sends her to prison. Companies cannot be locked away and the threat of isolation cannot be used to deter them from behaving badly, so a different mechanism needed to be created to deal with them. In the civil … Read More
Elder Abuse: Financial Exploitation and Spotting the Signs
We previously addressed the signs of physical, sexual, and emotional elder abuse. While those types of abuse account for horrific cases of abuse of loved ones, they are not the only type of abuse. In fact, experts suggest that the single most common type of abuse affecting seniors is financial exploitation. What is Financial Exploitation? The Adult … Read More