by The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) More than 25 percent of commercial truck drivers who checked in at Oregon stops last week had been behind the wheel too long without rest, according to the state Department of Transportation. The drivers were screened at three locations along Interstate 5 Ashland, Woodburn and just south of … Read more
This case out of Bend raises many questions and concerns about student-teacher texting. Should students be individually texting their teachers? Redmond Proficiency Academy director Michael Bremont at school (left) in Redmond, Ore., and in the Deschutes County Jail. (AP Photos/The Bulletin, Rob Kerr; Deschutes County Jail, File) BEND, Ore. (AP) – The text messages, some … Read more
Reporting abuse and neglect All citizens have a responsibility to protect those who cannot protect themselves. Members of the general public may report suspected abuse and neglect if they choose. Oregon state law, however, mandates that workers in certain professions must make reports if they have reasonable cause to suspect abuse or neglect. These people … Read more
PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) – Thousands of disabled Oregonians are stuck segregated in dead-end jobs at “sheltered workshops,” in violation of federal law, because of failed state programs that should help them find mainstream employment, according to a landmark lawsuit filed on Wednesday. Sheltered workshops, sometimes called “work-activity programs,” are facilities funded by state and local … Read more
Lenore Bijan lives in a small house in Northeast Portland surrounded by one-third of an acre of fruit trees, vegetable beds and roaming chickens. With her only income an $812 monthly Social Security check, Bijan says she couldn’t afford to stay in the home she’s had for 30 years without a reverse mortgage that allows … Read more
Here’s the bulk of an article that was published in the Medford Mail Tribune on December 30, 2010 with details of the accident. Police have cited a truck driver whose trailer overturned on Biddle Road Dec. 21 with careless driving and making an improper turn. The 59-year-old man who was pinned inside his pickup after … Read more
By The Oregonian/OregonLive Portland police are looking for the driver of a red Pontiac involved in a road rage incident that caused a semi with two trailers to roll on the Glenn Jackson Bridge. The 2:30 a.m. incident, which closed the I-205 span’s southbound lanes for several hours, was one of three dramatic overnight highway crashes … Read more
This list was originally created by Ben Glass, a personal injury attorney in Northern Virginia. It a little tongue in cheek, but it’s does a great job of highlighting the steps that an attorney goes thru in preparing your case. 1. Secure the correct identity of the person who hit you, as well as the … Read more
Art Stevens is set to receive The Doug Swanson Workers’ Compensation Award, which is awarded by the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association at their annual Convention. For two decades Stevens has tirelessly represented hundreds of injured and disabled Oregonians whose claims have been denied or improperly processed by a well-funded insurance industry. Born in Idaho, Stevens … Read more
Injured workers who found themselves without a remedy when their work injury claims were denied were given another option when the Oregon Supreme Court issued its opinion in Smothers v. Gresham Transfer, Inc.(1) in May 2001. Terry Smothers filed an “occupational disease” claim for a lung disorder developed after exposure to fumes and mist containing … Read more