LOS ANGELES (CA) Los Angeles Times Cardinal Roger M. Mahony on Monday apologized for the way the L.A. archdiocese dealt with priest child abuse claims after a new round of documents were released. “I am sorry,” Mahony’s statement concluded. – http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/01/cardinal-mahony-priest-abuse-details.html
Every year drunk driving accidents account for approximately 30%+/- of all traffic fatalities in the United States. Despite ongoing ad campaigns and much stricter DUI legislation being enacted, people still continue to drive under the influence. And every time a person who is under the influence of alcohol gets behind the wheel of a vehicle, they are choosing to not only risk their own life but also the lives of others.
Wrongful Death
By Robert Chapman Bicycle versus auto collisions can result in serious personal injuries and even wrongful death. Vehicle and bicycle accidents can happen in endlessly large numbers of ways: Weather conditions, road surface conditions, and vehicle conditions can also contribute greatly to collisions between bicycles and cars and trucks. In Oregon, bicycles by law are … Read more
Traffic Violations
These crashes may also involve traffic violations by the other driver, such as illegal turning, a failure to yield the right of way, failure to obey a stop sign or traffic control signal or speeding.
Sex Crimes
Sexual Abuse is the unlawful or non-consensual touching of one person’s body, most commonly private sexual parts, by another human being. It includes, but is not limited to actions such as rape, sodomy, oral copulation, fondling private parts, and even kissing.
Burglary
Thompson, 54, was arrested in July of 2012. Twenty-five criminal charges were filed against him, including 23 second-degree sexual abuse charges, first-degree burglary and tampering with a witness.
Assault
Hit and Run
Uninsured motorist coverage may apply even if you or a member of your household is riding in another car when injured, or is injured in a pedestrian, bicycle, motorcycle or hit-and-run accident. It may also apply to any person driving your insured vehicle with your permission.
Art Stevens recently finished protracted litigation involving a very technical “hard metal lung disease” case. The case was tried in the Oregon Workers Compensation system and, in the end, the employer/insurer did not choose to go to the Oregon Court of Appeals,so the benefits to Mr. Young are finally established. This case demonstrates the … Read more
Sexual Harassment
Yes. But this type of sex abuse is called sexual harassment or hostile work environment. There are state and federal laws prohibiting this behavior. Statements suggesting sexual encounters or physical touching with the intent to arouse either person can be sexual harassment.
Landowners and possessors owe a duty to those lawfully on their property to use due care to keep the premises safe. We have years of experience handling cases against homeowners, shopkeepers and other property owners and lessors whose failure to keep their property free of hazards have caused injury to our clients. Examples include recovery for a humeral fracture caused by a homeowner’s faulty ladder, recovery for a hip fracture and disability caused by an unmarked island in a parking garage, and recovery for a spiral fracture of the tibia/fibula caused by a defectively designed and maintained stairway in a downtown high rise.
Property Damage
As anyone who has been in an accident involving a tractor trailer or a large truck will tell you, accidents involving trucks are different. There is greater property damage as well as more serious injuries and deaths. The physical, mental and financial toll suffered by people who have been injured by these vehicles is usually devastating.
You’re driving home and someone runs a red light and hits you. You are injured in a gas explosion in your apartment. A row of bleachers on which you and your family is sitting collapses, sending you falling to the ground. These are all typical cases in the area of law called personal injury.
Medical Malpractice
The most common type of personal injury claims are animal attacks, automobile accidents, burn cases, boat accidents, brain injuries, construction accidents, dog bites, hazardous products, insurance bad faith cases, medical malpractice, motorcycle accidents, motor vehicle accidents, paralysis, personal injuries, premises liability, product liability, professional malpractice, railroad accidents, severe injuries, slip and falls, spinal cord injuries, truck accidents and wrongful death cases.
Auto Accidents
Social Security Disability
By Arthur W. Stevens III I have litigated many Multiple Sclerosis cases during my career. People with MS have a difficult challenge in the Social Security Disability world because of the variety of ways the disease presents itself. For eons the diagnosis was purely clinical. More recently the use of MRI to determine the existence … Read more
Dog Bites
If you are contacted by a dog owner’s insurance company after the incident, and this usually happens within days, you need to know that they will want to take a recorded statement from you which they will use against you if you bring a claim or lawsuit for money against the dog owner. DO NOT give a statement. Simply tell them that until you are done treating, you have nothing to say. Also, they will ask you to provide them with the authorization which would allow them to obtain all your medical files, even those which do not relate to the dog incident. DO NOT do this. Again, simply let them know that you will share information with them when you are done treating. Then, pick up the phone and call a lawyer who handles dog bites and make an appointment in order to determine what rights and remedies you may have.