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Portland Personal Injury Lawyer
Discussion of personal injury law and legal issues, with Oregon focus.
Author: Jane Paulson, who edits this blawg, is an Oregon lawyer.
Blawg Related Categories: Tort Law • Injury & Accident Law • States • Oregon • Legal Information
Recent Posts from Portland Personal Injury Lawyer
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Pedestrian Crosswalk Death Highlights Nighttime Dangers and Safety
A horrific pedestrian accident a few days ago in Portland serves as a grim reminder of the importance for drivers to pay extra attention once the sun sets and for pedestrians to use extreme caution…
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Portland Officer Injured In Crash During Taping Of The TV Show COPS
A Portland police officer was injured in a car crash during taping of the TV show “COPS.” The accident happened Tuesday night when a vehicle crossed the center line at the intersection of SE 136th…
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Car Crashes Into Portland Home Injuring Two
A car struck a power pole and then a house in Portland Sunday, sending two people to the hospital. The car crash occurred at the intersection of Southeast 162 Avenue and Taggart Street. According to…
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Two Teens Die in Oregon Car Accident
Two teenagers from Roseburg, Oregon died on Friday, March 28 after the car they were riding in swerved off the road, hit an electrical pole, hit a tree, and then flipped over. The 15-year-old driver,…
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Toxins in Fish Sicken Many in U.S.
The FDA has announced that there have been at least 28 reports of consumers getting sick from ciguatera fish poisoning. The fish that were eaten were harvested in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The first…
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Paricon Recalls Children's Snow and Sand Castle Kits Because of Sharp Edges
Paricon, in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling about 800 Children's Snow and Sand Castle Kits because the largest plastic castle block maker in the kit can crack at the handle during when being used,…
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Car and Train Collide Because of Text-Messaging Driver
An Oregon man crashed into a freight train on Tuesday, October 16 at around 2 a.m. The driver, Robert Gillespie, and the crew on-board the train were not seriously injured. Gillespie told rescue workers that…
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Xcel Energy HydroPlant Chemical Fire Kills Five Contract Workers
A smoldering fire 1000 ft. inside a tunnel at a hydro-electric plant outside of Georgetown, Colorado, developed late Tuesday, killing five contract workers of the company as they tried in vain to escape. The five…
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Worker Dies in Wind Tower Collapse
Chadd Mitchell died on Saturday at a wind farm that is under construction in Oregon. Mitchell was killed when a 242-foot-tall tower he was working on fell over.Mitchell, of Goldendale, Washington, was working at the…
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Certain Models of Triple-Channel Infusion Pumps Recalled
On Friday, the FDA alerted healthcare professionals of a class 1 recall of certain models of an upgraded triple-channel volumetric infusion pump made by Colleague and Colleague CX. A software malfunction may sound an alarm…


