A lawyer representing one of your patients has asked you to testify in court concerning the injury you treated. What does the lawyer expect of you? What can you expect of the lawyer? The context here is testimony in court before a jury in a personal injury lawsuit (not a deposition in a workers compensation … Read more
The patient you are treating was just in a wreck. He/she has serious injuries: obviously, in no shape to return to work, perhaps for a couple of weeks or more. Yet -“Doc, I gotta work. Gotta feed my family, pay the bills… “. Such patients may get help from personal injury protection (PIP) income loss … Read more
A Grants Pass physician asks, how can physician document causation and determine whether a specific activity/job is at least 51% responsible for a problem? This question is pertinent in Workers’ Compensation law. First, we must recognize the difference between an occupational injury and an occupational disease. An occupational injury is a specific event. An occupational … Read more
Physicians and their office staffs are often frustrated by the Personal Injury Protection (PIP) system. You may want to pass this article on to the head of your billing office. All auto liability policies in Oregon are required to provide PIP (no fault) coverage for prompt payment of reasonable and necessary medical expenses resulting from … Read more
When a young teenager was blinded in his right eye while playing with ammunition primer caps at a friend’s home, his parents retained us to represent him against the homeowner for negligent supervision. The Insurance company for the homeowner denied all liability. Discovery of the facts revealed that the homeowner had furnished alcohol to the … Read more
Our client was injured on the job. Review some of the correspondence which led to our client receiving a $500,000 settlement.
A Medford resident was working in Eureka, California, when she was involved in an auto accident with a commercial vehicle. We sued in San Mateo County, California, where the trucking company was headquartered. Before trial, at a court ordered mediation, the trucking company denied the accident was its fault and offered $100,000 as a compromise … Read more
By Mark Freeman Medford Mail Tribune A former Medford attorney and long-time leader within the state’s largest hunting organization was confirmed this week for a seat on the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission. Bob Webber, 65, of Port Orford was confirmed Monday by the Oregon Senate to represent Oregon’s Fourth Congressional District on the seven-member … Read more
We represented a Grants Pass resident who was awakened one morning with his rental house in flames as a result of a gas explosion. He managed to escape the house, but was badly burned. The landlord’s insurance company wrote a letter saying the landlord had no responsibility and they would make no payment. Through knowledge … Read more
We were hired by the wife of a Dutch citizen hospitalized in critical condition after having been backed over by a two-ton truck while visiting relatives in Grants Pass. Although he had retired from his job as an engineer, our client was a vital senior citizen who was active, self-sufficient and enjoying his retirement. This … Read more