With any fall from a window at an apartment or rental in the state of Oregon and Washington, severe injuries like broken collar bone, broken arms, broken legs, broken backs, or shoulder dislocations are tragic and liability on the landlord may create a compensable injury claim.

With any fall through a window it is important to document the negligent actions especially take photographs in order to eventually collect money damages for pain and suffering. With an injury claim at an apartment in Oregon, the Oregon Residential Landlord Tenant Act may allow for an advanced recovery beyond traditional tort common law recovery if strict liability can be proven.

If you are injured because your landlord or apartment owners failed to do something such as fixing something that was broken and you are injured, you may have a compensable injury claim that we could help with in Oregon and Washington states.

In helping injury victims over the last 16 years in Oregon I know there are many landlords who do things on the cheap and renters get injured as a result. With tenant and renter injuries and injury claims against apartment owners we find remedy in tort law and the Oregon Residential Landlord Tenant Act. The ORLTA provides a legal remedy to injured victims if the landlord creates a situation that is unsafe.

Potential claims for injuries whether in tort law or under the ORLTA may cover such things as falls, broken steps, failure to fix lighting, inadequate lighting, or any injury stemming from falls because safe measures were not undertaken to prevent harm.

Each year, in the state of Oregon, a child is injured while restrained in a car seat. This could be in a crash whether a rear ender or a T-bone intersection crash. Oregon state law provides that all minor children ride in a federally approved car seat until they are at least 4 years old and weigh a minimum of 40 pounds. Smaller infants must ride in rear-facing car seats until the minor infant reaches both one year and 20 pounds.

Starting July 1, 2007 Oregon law requires further that parents or the driver of the car ensure that the child uses a booster seat until they are 4’9” tall unless they are at least 8 years old. What’s the rule above front seat driving for kids?: Oregon law strongly recommends that minors under 12 ride in the back seat. We all know that all passengers and drivers must wear seat belts. As with any injury to a child safety responsibility lies with the driver to ensure the child restraint system is appropriate and lawful whether the driver knew it or not.