Personal Injury Blog

Car accidents can cause serious damage, from thousands of dollars in repair costs to severe injuries that require intense and lengthy medical care. If you are the victim of a car crash, you may wonder what your options are for collecting compensation after a collision. Your legal options depend on whether the state where...

In Oregon personal injury cases, you can claim compensation for two types of damages: economic and non-economic. Economic damages involve your monetary losses, while non-economic damages refer to your physical and emotional pain and suffering. Emotional pain and suffering, also known as emotional distress, can be difficult to prove in court without the assistance...

If you recently suffered an injury due to someone else’s negligence or recklessness, you may have considered filing a lawsuit against him or her in civil court. Personal injury lawsuits require a series of specialized steps to reach a settlement, from proving the at-fault party’s negligence to entering negotiations about your compensatory damages. This...

After a car accident, you have the right to collect compensation for your injuries if another driver was responsible for your injuries. To accomplish this, you will need to file an insurance claim or personal injury lawsuit. Regardless of which pathway you choose, you will need to collect sufficient evidence to prove the at-fault...

I had a very interesting experience the other day in court. During the process of choosing a jury, called voir dire, one of the questions for the proposed jurors was whether they had been involved in a motor vehicle accident before and if they had gotten a car accident settlement. Let's just say I...