Amusement parks are cherished destinations where memories are made and thrills are experienced. By adhering to these regulations, amusement parks contribute to a vibrant and secure environment that allows visitors to embark on unforgettable journeys while knowing that their safety is in capable hands. Here is what you need to know if you are injured….
As previously mentioned, Jeremiah Ross was selected as a Superlawyer in the Personal Injury Category. Jeremiah Ross was mentioned as a personal injury superlawyer in the August 2018 edition of Portland Monthly Magazine.
If you or someone you know need an Oregon Personal Injury lawyer, call Jeremiah Ross at 503.224.1658. Ross Law PDX is always happy to provide free case evaluations for personal injury clients throughout the state of Oregon.
I had previously expressed concerns the dangers the shared E-Scooters pose to riders and others. As predicted as ridership has increased, so have the injuries and deaths. Last month two shared e-scooter riders died. One shared e-scooter rider was killed in Washington DC after being hit and dragged by an SUV. Another rider was killed after being found with a major head injury and hundreds of yards away from the scooter. That rider died of blunt force trauma to the head.
These catastrophic injuries are exactly the types of injuries we expect to see in the personal injury world. Earlier this year a teen was seriously injured while riding an e-scooter in or around Gresham Oregon. It is not a matter if, it is a matter of when, another Portland e-scooter rider suffers from a concussion, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), broken arm, or leg. Unfortunately, it is also only a matter of time before a shared e-scooter rider is killed in or around Portland. There are simply too many inexperienced riders without helmets riding vehicles that travel at speeds dangerous to cause serious injuries or deaths.
If that occurs the rider should contact immediately contact a personal injury lawyer. As a Portland Personal Injury Lawyer, I am happy to provide free case evaluations for personal injury clients. Call my office, Ross Law PDX, at 503.224.1658 if you or someone you know have been injured by or on a shared e-scooter. Please note that this post is for Advertising Purposes.
After numerous meetings, hours of reviewing documents, and collaborating and discussing issues with others, Oregon’s Task for On Autonomous Vehicles unanimously voted to approve a 2018 Final Report to the Oregon State Legislature. I was honored to represent consumers on this committee and protect their interests on the Liability and Insurance Sub-Committee. In addition to myself there was only one other personal injury lawyer on the committee and I was proud to be the only Consumer lawyer on the committee. The Report will now be forwarded to the Legislature to assist them in formulating laws and policies regarding Oregon’s Autonomous Vehicles. Click here to review the full task force on Autonomous Vehicles 2018 Final Report.
If you or someone you know has been injured in a crash with an Autonomous Vehicle Call Oregon Personal Injury and Consumer& Auto Fraud Attorney Jeremiah Ross at 503.224.1658 or Ross Law LLC. Please remember this post is for informational purposes only and that it can be considered ATTORNEY ADVERTISING.
Hurricane Florence is currently pummeling the Carolina Coast. Buckets of rain have fallen and are expected to continue to fall over the next couple of days. Major cities are predicted to flood. People have left their homes in search of safety until the rain and flooding subsides. Once the rain stops the clean up will begin. Katrina and Sandy have taught us that clean up can take years. There are entire industries dedicated to natural disaster clean up. Of particular concern is the industry that has evolved to remove and resell the hundreds of thousands of flood vehicles that will eventually be sold to unwary Oregonians.
“Flood vehicles” are vehicles that have been in flood areas and the vast majority of them have been partially submerged for a period of time. Flood vehicles can develop terrible mechanical and electrical issues even though they may look great. I have litigated cases involving Hurricane Sandy cars being sold in, or through, Oregon. Throughout that litigation, I learned how thousands of cars get out of the flood zone and are resold throughout the country.
First, an insurance company representative typically will go through neighborhoods seeking out homes and vehicles that are insured by their insurance company. The insurance company employee, or subcontractor, then briefly inspects the vehicle. The insurance company often renders the vehicle a total loss on the spot. Then the insurance company immediately initiates the process to total the vehicle and title it as a Flood Vehicle. The vehicles are then transported from the neighborhood to a large holding area. Thousands of vehicles are then auctioned off and sold around the Country and the world. Some of the vehicles will wind up in Oregon.
Prior to coming to Oregon, some of the titles may be washed. Title Washing is a process where a vehicle with a branded title, such as a Flood Vehicle, will be titled in a state that may issue a clean title to that vehicle. Then the vehicle is re-sold and may wind up at your local used car dealer. The new Title will not be a "branded" or a "Flood" title, so consumers will not be alerted the vehicle will likely have serious electrical or mechanical issues.
Some dealers will rip consumers off in a more brazen fashion. These dealers simply take the consumer's money and then provide the branded title after the funds have cleared. Then the dealer claims they informed the buyer that the vehicle was a flood vehicle. Dealers often have unwary consumers sign a piece of paper noting the vehicle maybe a flood or salvaged vehicle, However, the dealer will simply state this is a standard form. Then once the salvaged title is provided to the consumer, the dealer uses the document as a defense to claim the consumer knew of the branded title.
Buyers need to beware of flood vehicles over the next few years. If a consumer unknowingly purchases a flood vehicle, then the seller may be liable for the violations of various State or Federal Laws.
What you Can Do To Try And Ensure You Do Not Purchase a Flood Damaged Car: It is important for Oregon Consumers to inspect any vehicle they may buy. That great deal on Craigslist may actually be a terrible deal for a car that is plagued with electrical issues. Oregonians should inspect the vehicle. Consumers should examine underneath the vehicle to ensure there are not any mineral deposits, a "silt line," or significant mud. The headlights may have mud or debris lines inside of them. The interior and trunk should be inspected for any discoloration that indicates flooding. If the vehicle smells funny (either of mold or heavy chemicals) that may be an indication of flooding. The consumer should turn on and off all of the lights and radio, and operate any electrical features (windows, sunroof, rear windshield wiper)to ensure they all function properly.
The consumer should also pull a title history report from Carfax or AutoCheck to determine: 1) if the vehicle has a branded title, and 2) to determine if the vehicle is from the North Carolina, South Carolina, or Virginia. However, these reports are not always accurate so they shouldn't solely be relied upon. If the vehicle was bought or sold at a "Copart" auction yard that is a big red flag that the vehicle may have had a salvaged title, or had previously been total. These tips may assist consumers in protecting themselves from buying a flood car, but it may not completely protect car buyers.
If you, or someone you know, purchased a vehicle that you believe is a flood vehicle, lemon, or has a salvaged title, then call Jeremiah Ross for your free case evaluation. Call Oregon Lemon Law and dealer fraud lawyer Ross Law PDX at 503.224.1658.
Please remember this is attorney advertising. Please do not solely rely on this post to obtain information to ensure you are not purchasing a flood vehicle. Have the vehicle checked by a mechanic and take other steps to ensure the vehicle is not a flood damaged vehicle. These are merely some steps that may protect Oregon car buyers.
E-scooters have taken Portland by storm. It is only a matter of time before Ross Law PDX represents an individual injured on an e-scooter operated by Bird, Lime, or Skip. Recent articles have noted the frequent and alarming number of injuries on e-scooters. Some of these injuries are caused by operator error, some are caused by driver’s failing to pay attention to the riders, some are caused by the e-scooters failing to operate as they should. Some of these injuries can be catastrophic and one person has already been seriously injured on an e-scooter in Portland. This should concern all of us in Portland, as the nuisance of e-scooters is one thing, but injuries and fatalities are unacceptable.
As you may imagine, the courts and regulators are going to have to sort out the mess created when a person is injured or killed in an adverse incident involving an e-scooter.
If you or someone you know has been injured in a crash or accident with an e-scooter, please call Portland Personal Injury Lawyer Jeremiah Ross at 503.224.1658. Ross Law PDX is happy to provide a free case evaluation for personal injury clients.
USAA has been my insurance company my entire adult life. They market themselves as supporters of the military and veterans. That may be the case, but as a personal injury lawyer, I often witness USAA doing anything they can to deny veterans and their families personal injury protection benefits. As a result USAA is often the target of PIP lawsuits in which the insured is forced to sue USAA for wrongfully denying benefits in an effort to obtain their insurance benefits. Recently Ross Law PDX filed a lawsuit against USAA Casualty Insurance Company in an effort to obtain our client PIP benefits.
In our case USAA through Auto Injury Solutions sent our client’s medical record out to a hired gun doctor to give an opinion that my client was not hurt as bad as she claims to have been. This is often referred to as a “record review” or “file review.” USAA then failed to provide any notice that it was denying our client’s bills or explain why. We have alleged this is in violation of Oregon Law and its contract. USAA appears to have taken a position of vigorously defending the action.
If you or someone you know have been wrongfully been denied PIP benefits, please call Oregon Personal Injury Lawyer Jeremiah Ross at 503.224.1658. Ross Law PDX is happy to fight insurance companies that have wrongfully denied insurance claims. Please note that the litigation noted above is pending, and the opinions espoused by me on this blog are my opinions and based on my personal experiences.
Starting tomorrow thousands of runners, including me, will be running from Timberline Lodge to Seaside Oregon in the 2018 Hood to Coast Relay. Please be extra cautious and patient if you are on the running route. There are not only runners on the road, but the support vans are often driving slow and may be unfamiliar with the area. Runners will be running early in the morning and throughout the night on Friday, so please be extra cautious if you are near the running route. Additionally, there will be increased congestion in certain areas along the running route. Click here if you are unsure where the running route is, or you would like more information. Please be patient and take alternate routes if possible. 2018 should not be a year where a runner is killed or injured by a driver's negligence or stupidity.
As a personal injury lawyer, I often hear about Oregon's worst drivers. Oregon's drivers can do some incredibly dumb things that often result in injuring others. A recent survey from SmartAsset (a tech/finance company) has ranked the States' drivers from best to worst. Oregon ranks number 26 on the list. The optimist in me says that we are lucky to live in Oregon, because there are 24 States that have more terrible driving habits than Oregonians. However, the reality isn't so rosy. Oregonians have serious room for improvement, to drive safer and reduce traffic caused fatalities and injuries. The survey also noted some interesting facts about Oregon Drivers:
1) Only 83.3% of Oregon drivers have insurance. All vehicles are required by law to be covered by insurance, so this is a troubling statistic. This is why it is imperative to have sufficient uninsured ("UM") motorist coverage on your auto insurance policy. The State minimum $25,000.00 is likely not enough to cover you if you are in a crash. Click here to learn three things you should know about Oregon's Auto insurance.
2) For every 1,000 drivers in Oregon 3.16 of them will be arrested for DUII (Driving While Under the Influence of Intoxicants). This is also a troubling statistic because this is for DUI arrest, not the actual number of DUII drivers. This statistic is not surprising to me because I regularly represent people that were injured by DUII Drivers. In case you were curious, North and South Dakota both top the charts for DUII arrest with over 11 DUII arrests for every 1,000 drivers.
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3) 1.3 people will die in Oregon Roads for every million vehicle miles traveled. To put it another way, 2 people will die on Oregon Roads after all of the vehicles in Oregon travel a combined 3 million miles. These wrongful deaths become more frequent as more people move to Oregon and more people drive in Oregon. As of May 2018, 17 people had died in traffic crashes. Things are not looking better for the remainder of the year. For example, last week a motorcyclist was killed near the St. Johns Bridge. Almost all of these wrongful deaths are completely preventable if drivers simply obey the rules of the road. or the
If you were wondering where the worst drivers are, well here it is. According to Smartasset the states with the worst drivers are:
1) Mississippi
2) Tennessee
3) California
3) Missouri (Tied with California)
5) New Mexico
5) Texas (Tied with New Mexico)
7) Alabama
8) Florida
9) Alaska
10) Arizona (Tied with Alaska)
Click here to read more about the survey and the methodology they used. Remember if you or someone you know where in an Oregon car crash call Portland Personal Injury Attorney Jeremiah Ross at 503.224.1658. Ross Law PDX provides free case evaluations for wrongful death and personal injury matters. Jeremiah Ross also represents people in disputes with their insurance company in uninsured motorist claims, underinsured motorist claims, and personal injury protection benefits claims. Please note that Jeremiah Ross, and Ross Law PDX, do not have any affiliation with Smartasset, nor have they confirmed any of the statements or statistics are accurate.
