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• Initiative Limits Attorney Fees in Oregon

  Don Jacobs | February 29, 2008 5:55 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  It looks like Kevin Mannix and Bill Sizemore are at it again. The initiative process in Oregon is supposed to exist so the voice of the people can be heard. If citizens can gather enough signatures from registered voters, an indication many feel strongly about an issue, a measure can be put on the ballot. This grass roots process allowing citizens to bypass the legislature and have a voice...

• Oregon Supreme Court Affirms Wrongful Death Cap on Damages

  Don Jacobs | February 25, 2008 3:57 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The Oregon Supreme Court handed down a decision in Hughes v. Peacehealth on Friday February 22nd. The Court said the state law capping non-economic damages in a wrongful death case at $500,000 is constitutional. The court refused to accept arguments that the law interferes with a jury's power to decide fair damages on a given case. In this particular case a jury had awarded a woman one...

• The Rising Costs of Health Care - Who's to Blame?

  Don Jacobs | February 21, 2008 11:39 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  An interesting article in the March 2008 issue of Consumer Reports helps to once again dispel an urban myth. Lawyers and frivolous lawsuits are the reason health care costs keeps rising. The article notes over 60% of surveyed adults think this is true. The same survey showed 69% specifically thought it was due to frivolous lawsuits. Well guess what, neither is true. Not even close. Yet...

• Insurance Medical Examinations

  Don Jacobs | February 19, 2008 11:37 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  After an injury accident, many consumers get demands from an insurance company that they be examined by a doctor of the insurance company's choosing. Laughingly referred to by the insurance industry as "Independent Medical Exams", many companies use these as a tool to limit insurance benefits. Insurance adjustors are trained to tell someone injured in a car accident that the exam is set up to...

• Uninsured Motorist Claims - What are you paying for?

  Don Jacobs | February 08, 2008 6:15 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Many consumers when hurt by an uninsured motorist turn to their own company for help. When this happens, those that were prudent in purchasing uninsured motorist coverage are entitled to recover monetary benefits. The benefits are calculated by determining the value of the injury claim against the guilty driver. An evaluation of this nature can require quite a bit of expertise in tort law. ...

• Uninsured Motorist Claims

  Don Jacobs | February 05, 2008 6:12 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Many of us carry uninsured motorist bodily injury coverage on our auto policies. With many accidents caused by drivers with little or no insurance, this coverage is a prudent item to purchase. What you pay for under this coverage is a monetary benefit. If you have this coverage and become injured by an uninsured bad driver, your company is essentially required to assume the role of the bad...