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In Portland, who, is responsible for a persons injuries if he or she falls on a poorly constructed, reconstructed, maintained or repaired sidewalk?

US District Court Judge recently concluded that Measure 37 waivers were valid and enforceable.

A motorcyclist was catastrophically injured in an auto accident when hit by a drunk driver who had been at a tribal gambling casino and was given alcohol by its employees while obviously intoxicated. More after the jump...

Can you be held responsible for something your agent promises, even if you did not actually give him or her express or implied authority?

The US Supreme Court recently quantified the fair upper limits for punitive damages in maritime cases to a ratio of 1:1. In other words, the punitive damages could not exceed the compensatory damages. Read on...

UIM claims for minors must be filed within two years of the accident or there must have been a waiver of that two years by the underinsured motorist carrier, UIM carrier. It also has some finer points.

New Oregon Supreme case which helps people whose cars have been damaged and repaired at the expense of the applicable insurance company but which even after repairs have been completed, are not worth as much as they were before the accident.