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What is Considered Compensated Injuries in the State of Oregon?
Compensation Types of Injuries in Oregon
- Face and eye injuries
- Burns
- Cuts, gashes, scrapes, and more
- Internal injuries
- Temporary and permanent injuries
- All levels of fractures
- Head, back, and neck injuries
- Paralysis
- Amputations
- Secondary injuries stemming from any of the above primary injuries
Types of Compensated Accidents
- All types of vehicle accidents
- Bicycles and motorcycles
- Workplace accidents
- Public transportation accidents
- Pedestrian accidents
The Necessity of Hiring a Personal Injury Attorney in Oregon
All states across America, including the state of Oregon, recommend that you hire a seasoned personal injury attorney to help you recoup some of your losses due to an accident/injury or death caused by another person, persons, or company. When you are in an accident in Oregon, please call a seasoned attorney to help you fight your compensation case.
Your insurance company and your agent are your friends until you need to file a settlement claim. Many insurance companies draw the line when you are injured. No insurance company relishes paying money to their client or other drivers. They are going to try to pay as little as possible.
When hiring an accident/injury attorney, ensure they are experienced and have a winning track record of significant settlement awards. Make sure your attorney has experience in all types of vehicle accidents, pedestrian accidents, dog bite cases, catastrophic injuries, traumatic brain injuries, and pedestrian accidents. A family can contact this seasoned attorney for matters involving the death of a loved one due to the negligence of another person or company.
When you hire this Oregon attorney due to receiving injuries in an accident, this attorney never backs down from aggressive insurance companies and agents. We fight the establishment and become a sound advocate for you, the injured, and work diligently to protect your rights.
We will work hard to settle your case out of court. However, if the other attorneys and insurance companies cannot reach a fair and just settlement for you outside of court, we will go to court to obtain fair compensation that can carry you into the future, depending on your circumstances.
No doubt, you and most of the populace of Oregon do not know how to calculate your losses in the past, present, and future, but your attorney is keen to calculate these losses in the states of Oregon, Washington, and Utah.
Calculation of losses takes your attorney’s expertise to tell you what the recoverable damages in a personal injury case in the state of Oregon include.
The state of Oregon says that accident victims can recover the following damages. However, the only successful way to recover damages is through the expertise of a seasoned accident/injury/death attorney who is well-versed in Oregon laws. Oregon laws say that you may be able to recover the following with the help of your seasoned attorney.
Economic Damages
Economic damages cover the following and possibly more with a monetary value such as,
- Past medical expenses due to an accident
- Future medical expenses
- Past lost wages cover the time you were out of work due to your accident. Future lost wages if you cannot work again due to disabilities that payout the same salary or hourly rate you received before your accident.
- Replacement or repair of destroyed or damaged personal property with you in your accident, such as a cell phone or laptop computer, can be recovered.
- Funeral, burial, or cremation expenses if death occurs.
Non-economic Damage
These damages include the following and may be paid to you through the efforts of your attorney.
- These damages include,
- Pain, suffering, emotional distress
- Loss of quality of life and significant lifestyle changes
- Long-term and permanent disabilities
- Loss of companionship means that you lose your ability to be free to work and play as you did before your accident.
- Loss of ability to have a physical relationship with your spouse
- Loss of a body part
- Loss of a bodily function such as visual acuity or bladder control
- The need for in-house personal and custodial care, such as inability to keep your home cleaned and maintained, and landscape care
- Excessive scarring and disfigurement caused by an accident
- A permanent injury like a back injury
Punitive Damages
The court examines the defendant’s negligent actions, and if these actions were considered grossly negligent or even intentional, the court might include in your settlement punitive damages. This action is meant to punish the defendant for negligent acts that the court deems as criminal.
Oregon laws say that if you, the victim, cannot collect compensatory damages from the defendant, you must go through a second trial for these specific damages. The burden of proof is on you to show fault. You must prove that the defendant’s actions or lack of action were willfully negligent.
Proving punitive damages requires the expertise of a seasoned attorney. A seasoned and experienced attorney will remain with you from the beginning to the end of your winning case. Seeking punitive damages is for the sole purpose of punishing the defendant for their negligent actions that caused you so many losses.
Compensatory Damages
These damages can be general or actual. If the civil court pays you for actual damages, they pay you to replace the loss of material possessions. Compensatory damages can include any expense you pay out of your pocket related to your accident. A few examples of these expenses can include some of the following.
The settlement becomes more complex than actual damages when the court pays you for general compensatory damages because they do not pay a monetary award.
- Medical and hospital bills
- Rehabilitation expenses including all types of ordered therapy
- Travel expenses to and from medical appointments
- Ambulance costs
- Medication
- Durable medical equipment
- Loss of wages or income and inability to return to prior work
- Property replacement damaged in your accident
- Replacement of transportation
How Long Does My Settlement Case Take?
All cases are different depending on the extent of your injuries and the circumstances of your accident. If the insurance company works with us and presents a fair and just settlement covering past, present, and future costs, your case may take a month or two.
However, if a settlement offered to you is not fair, your case could go to court, and we are not afraid to fight for your rights for fair compensation. There are extra steps your attorney must take to prepare your case for court. In these cases, your case could take longer to settle.
The defendant must realize that they will do better if they settle out of court. Going to court many times means that what the defendant pays could be more. Many times it is up to you as to how long you want to continue negotiations. We will remain with you from the beginning to the end and into the future. We make sure your rights are protected.
A Call to Action for a Seasoned Accident/Injury/Death Attorney
When you have been injured in an accident by a negligent person or company, please give this Eugene, OR personal injury lawyer Jed Strong a call as soon as possible. We have an endless track record of winning successful case settlements for our clients who were injured by the negligent actions of others. We want to take a free, no-obligation look at your case. If we do not win your case, we do not charge you a fee. We never take accident cases that we cannot successfully win.
After an accident of this sort, you see mounting medical bills and expenses you would otherwise not experience were it not for the negligent actions by someone else.
It would be best not to worry about these mounting expenses or suddenly being out of work. The only thing we want you to concentrate on is to become well once again and regain the initial quality of life you experienced before your accident.
We do not want you to worry about attorney fees because we do not pay you unless we win your case settlement, and we will not take your case unless we are sure you have a winning case. We include our fees in your settlement. So the guilty, basically, pay your attorney’s fees.
When all is said and done, the answer to the initial question is, Do I need a lawyer for a personal injury case?
While you do not have to hire a seasoned attorney to fight for your rights in court, very few people can navigate Oregon’s judicial system successfully without the expertise of a seasoned accident/injury/death attorney. If your case goes to court, you need a seasoned attorney by your side.
Never feel guilty when you sue a negligent person, company, or insurance company. You would not have suffered this lifestyle change were it not for someone else. You would not have mounting bills due to this negligence. It would help if you did not have to pay anything for someone else’s negligent actions. We can help you recoup your losses.
