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• How do I get my medical expenses paid as they are incurred?

  Staff Writer | November 04, 2005 11:54 AM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  In most auto accidents and in some premises injuries, no-fault insurance will come into play. A no-fault policy says it will pay when certain conditions are met, without regard to who is at fault for the injury. In Oregon, Personal Injury Protection (PIP) is part of the mandatory minimum auto insurance coverage. It pays the first $15,000.00 or first year of related and reasonable medical...

• Oregon Sues Insurers for Bad Faith and More

  Staff Writer | November 04, 2005 10:15 AM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  Three Oregon pension funds are suing their insurers and brokers for nearly $4 million, charging they were misled for years to buy employee crime insurance that the carriers wouldn't honor when a major claim arose. The suit--which alleges fraud, bad faith, breach of contract, misrepresentation, negligence and deceptive contract change by the carriers and brokers--could have a major effect on the...

• Pedestrian Accidents - An In-Depth Look

  Staff Writer | November 04, 2005 10:09 AM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  In May The Honolulu Advisor published a special report on pedestrian accidents:Every day on average, one or two people get hit by a car as they're walking on a street somewhere on O'ahu. Most of the accidents occur in a six-mile long area between Kapahulu and Kalihi. Pedestrians use the crosswalk at King Street and Fort Street Mall in downtown Honolulu, an area prone to pedestrian accidents....

• Motorcycle Accidents Increase

  Staff Writer | November 04, 2005 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  A middle-aged Canadian man died on Labor Day when his motorcycle struck a car near the Oregon coast. In Central Oregon, a middle-aged couple from Aloha suffered injuries when their Harley Davidson collided with a Jeep.The incidents were the latest in what has become a sharp, if little-noticed, rise in the number of motorcycle accidents in Oregon.More than 550 motorcyclists were killed or injured...