Salem Oregon Personal Injury Legal Blog
What are Oregon wrongful death claims?
Wrongful death claims are in a special category in Oregon. There is a lot of unique features that would be very difficult to handle without the skill and the assistance of an attorney. For one thing, to settle a wrongful death claim with an insurance company, you are...
What is strict liability?
When buying a product, you never expect that it will harm you or your family. However, dangerous products make it to the market all the time. Before a recall occurs, you could use the product and suffer harm. This is why there are product liability laws in place in...
What must you prove in a wrongful death suit?
Should one of your very close family members, such as your spouse, child or parent, die because of someone’s carelessness, negligence or wrongdoing in Oregon, you have the right to sue that person for the wrongful death of your loved one. As FindLaw explains, you...
3 essential vehicle safety features
Vehicle safety has evolved quite a bit over the years. Car buyers today are privy to a variety of safety features, such as blind-spot detection and lane departure alerts to keep them from drifting. Emerging technology may even use facial-recognition software to...
Which teen drivers are most likely to crash?
Anyone who operates a vehicle faces the risk of colliding with another driver, but certain age groups face an especially high likelihood of crashing. For example, teenage drivers are involved in a large number of auto collisions, and among teens, there are certain...
You can seek compensation if you’re hit in a truck’s blind spot
When you're driving, you probably know that you're not supposed to ride alongside a large vehicle or to travel too closely to it to the rear. Those areas can be blind spots, which means that the driver might have a hard time seeing you if you're driving there. The...
Get help after suffering a catastrophic injury
Catastrophic injuries are injuries that have a major, life-changing effect on you. One of the most serious injuries to fall into this category is a spinal cord injury. Spinal cord injuries come in two forms, those that are complete (severed) and those that are...
How can truck drivers prevent jackknifing accidents?
Trucks can cause accidents for many reasons, but one of the most dangerous is when a truck jackknifes. Commercial drivers are supposed to be trained to avoid this dangerous situation, which can occur when the trailer of the vehicle is moving more quickly than the cab....
1 killed, 1 seriously hurt in Salem motorcycle crash
Your symptoms might be caused by these injuries
Perhaps you were merely running out to the store to pick up a few things the day you got behind the wheel to drive and wound up in the hospital. You may have never even seen signs of potential trouble on the road, especially if the car that hit you came barreling up...
