Posts Tagged ‘Personal Injury’
Wednesday, November 4th, 2015
Thankfully, Oregon is known to have a robust health department and many clean and sanitary restaurants. Despite these safety measures, at least 40 people recently have become sick due to apparent e-coli outbreaks at the popular Chipotle food chain. E-coli must be taken seriously; the bacteria can result in organ failure and other life threatening or permanent injuries. Children and elderly tend to be especially vulnerable to severe health consequences from e-coli. According to Oregon Live, a teenager remains hospitalized from eating at a Chipotle just a few miles from here in Lake Oswego. When the food protection net fails us, the Oregon legal system levies strict liability against corporate food conglomerates for the harm caused by their unsafe and contaminated food.
Tags: FDA, Food Safety, Justice, Personal Injury, Personal Injury Lawyers, safety regulations
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Monday, March 18th, 2013
Oregon Live has reported a tractor-trailer was speeding 85 m.p.h. the wrong way down the freeway when it crashed into an oncoming vehicle during the early morning commute. The tractor-trailer operator is being detained by Portland Police while the investigation continues. Under Oregon and federal law, tractor-trailer operators and their employers are held to strict safety standards to try to prevent tragedy and punish misconduct. The massive size and weight makes big rigs like “moving bombs” on our roadways. Our concern and sympathy goes out to the victim and his or her family as the driver of the vehicle slammed into by the tractor-trailer is reportedly in the hospital has been hospitalized. Here is a link to the Oregon Live article.
Tags: Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Collisions, Personal Injury, Tractor-Trailer
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Friday, May 18th, 2012
Under Oregon law, an injured victim of a drunk driver is entitled to recover “punitive damages” from the drunk driver in addition to appropriate compensation for medical bills, future care costs, lost wages, and out-of-pocket expenses. ORS 31.730 et seq. Over the years, I have helped numerous injured people recover their full damages under law caused by a drunk driver. CALL TODAY FOR A FREE CONSULTATION IF YOU HAVE BEEN INJURED BY A DRUNK DRIVER (503) 675-4370.
Tags: Car Accidents, Damages, Drunk Driver, Motor Vehicle Collisions, Personal Injury, Personal Injury Lawyers
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
The summer travel season is almost here. Whether traveling by automobile or airplane this summer, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) provides a lot of useful information for parents traveling with young children. Here is where to find the NTSB website. Keep kids safe, avoid injury, and have a great summer!
Tags: Car Accidents, Consumer Law, Motor Vehicle Collisions, Personal Injury, Personal Injury Lawyers, safety regulations
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Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
If you have cantaloupe sitting in your house, check the updated FDA Recall Notice here. If the source of your cantaloupe is in doubt, then it is recommended to discard the cantaloupe without consumption. After doing so, you may wish to call the farm where the contaminated cantaloupe has been sourced–Jensen Farms in Colorado. Jensen Farms set up a contact email and phone number to address questions Monday through Friday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Here is the contact information published on by ABC news: email at email hidden; JavaScript is required or phone (800) 267-4561 Monday through Friday between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Of course, if you or someone you know has suspects having contracted listeria or any other foodborne illness by eating contaminated food, never call the at-fault party directly. Immediately call your doctor and your local health department to protect your health, and call a qualified personal injury attorney to protect your legal rights.
Tags: civil, Damages, FDA, Food Safety, Personal Injury, Recall
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Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
The heat of summer is in full swing. As our children head into the pool to cool off, keep in mind that modern pool and spa drains generally contain direct suction. Powerful suction can trap swimmers under water causing serious brain injury and death. According to statistics reported in the Los Angeles Times, “Between 1999 and 2008, 12 people were killed in pool and spa entrapments and 72 were injured, according to a CPSC report released Thursday.” Fortunately, at the end of 2008, federal legislation went into effect to prevent powerful suction from trapping swimmers at the bottom of pools and spas. In response, public and private pool owners invested in drain covers intended to mitigate the dangerous effects of direct suction drains. However, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a massive voluntary recall just as the summer swimming season starts to heat up. As reported by the Los Angeles Times on May 27, 2011, “About 1 million covers made by eight manufacturers, some among the largest, were being voluntarily pulled after a confidential report revealed the products had failed safety tests. Officials with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said public pools and spas with direct suction systems and recalled covers should close until replacement covers could be installed.” http://www.latimes.com/health/fl-cpsc-recall-florida-pools-20110526,0,5231496.story.
Tags: Consumer Law, Personal Injury, Recall, safety regulations, Wrongful Death
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
Over the weekend, a Lake Oswego teenager, Cameron Rathmanner, crashed during an illegal street race in Washington County. The crash sent Mr. Rathmanner’s teenage passenger to OHSU with critical injuries as reported in the Oregonian. The reckless driving of Mr. Rathmanner is clearly grounds for punitive damages by his teenage passenger and her family. While there is no amount of money that can truly compensate a victim in this type of preventable tragedy, hopefully there is enough automobile insurance coverage to pay all past and future medical expenses as well as begin to make up a little bit for the pain, suffering, and rehabilitative challenges that undoubtedly lay ahead for the young passenger-victim. In addition, punitive damages are society’s way of deterring future reckless conduct through the civil justice system.
Tags: Car Accidents, civil, Motor Vehicle Collisions, Personal Injury, punitive damages
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Sunday, July 11th, 2010
When people get seriously hurt by the dangerous choices of others, a chain of events follows that devastates victims and their family, friends, and even communities. Serious personal injuries force people out of good jobs, cost families many thousands of dollars in medical expenses, strain and sometimes ruin family relationships, cause irreversible and permanent damage to lifestyle and ordinary activities, inflict daily pain and numerous personal burdens, as well as burden our community’s workforce, government services, and health care system. Make no mistake, insurance companies have spent millions of advertising dollars to distract the public from these crushing realities that result from catastrophic and preventable injuries. Notwithstanding the propaganda pushed by the insurance industry, it is my personal and everyday experience that a primary job of the catastrophic injury attorney is to help put the injured person’s life back together and, in turn, also help repair families and communities. When this happens, I’m proud of the job done by my fellow catastrophic injury attorneys. While it would be nice if the public thought so too, it doesn’t really matter as long as a dedicated and caring personal injury attorney still keeps working hard for the “little guy” who gets hurt through no fault of his (or her) own.
Tags: Catastrophic Injury, Damages, Personal Injury, Personal Injury Lawyers
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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Bad choices can cause devastating harm to families. Corporations know this already. Unfortunately, some corporations still intentionally take chances with people’s safety in order to increase the “bottom line”. When corporate choices result in harm to individuals, the offending corporation must take responsibility. Under law, a corporation is treated as a “person”. “Person” status benefits corporations in many respects, including giving them the right to contract and reap certain tax benefits. By the same token, “person” status requires corporations to take “personal responsibility” for their harmful actions. If they refuse to take personal responsibility, ordinary people can bring corporations to justice in court.
Tags: Corporate Responsibility, Personal Injury, Personal Responsibility
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
Voice of America reports that Senator Leahy, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, plans to complete confirmation hearings for President Obama’s most recent Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan, prior to the early August recess scheduled for the Senate. (See http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/US-Senate-Prepares-for-Kagan-Hearings-93892229.html).
Senate confirmation of Supreme Court nominees is required by the Constitution. Most expect the hearings to conclude with confirmation of Ms. Kagan to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. Justice Stevens is known as one of the strongest proponents of civil rights and liberties, including the right to trial by jury that is the cornerstone of every personal injury and wrongful death case. Many assumed that President Obama would pick a like-minded Justice to replace the outgoing Stevens. However, it is not apparent from the existing record where the future Justice Kagan stands on public access to the civil justice system. Therefore, we will closely watch the Senate Confirmation Hearings to learn more about where Ms. Kagan stands on issues affecting the right to a civil jury trial.
Tags: Jury Trial, Justice, Justice Stevens, Personal Injury, U.S. Supreme Court
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