This summer some 60,000 census workers will hit the pavement to go to homes and followup on those who didn’t answer their census forms. Several thousand census workers will be knocking on door in the state of Oregon at least and you can expect injuries from falls and dog bites to occur.

Dog bite injury claims to census workers will inevitably face many hurdles to cover their medical bills and to secure money for pain and suffering from such injuries which are termed third party claims.

Having handled dog bite and fall injury cases involving postal and other similar works in Oregon the cases will fall into the same line and getting quick from an experience Oregon injury lawyer will be an important thing for these temporary public servants injured through no fault of their own.

Several months ago I settled an injury case, a tragic, one of a young immigrant boy who died needlessly despite there being a defibrillator in the school. While I can’t by the confidentiality laws discuss the wrongful death case in depth the basic facts were the teachers at the school could have saved the client’s life had they had adequate staff supervising the client on the school grounds and used a defibrillator which was on the school premises. During the case I talked with several school districts and discovered that defibrillators were not in fact the norm but thankfully things are now changed and Oregon’s new law will require a defibrillator in buildings larger than 50,000 square feet where 25 or more people gather on a normal business. Far too late for my client’s beloved lost son but perhaps the law will save another young life from being snuffed out much much far too early.

Effective January 1, 2010 Oregon drivers are prohibited from driving and using a cell unless you use a “hands free” accessory as defined under the new driving law. Having handled lots of cases involving cell phone use it stands to reason that if the at fault driver is found to be using a cell phone without the accessory then not only would they receive a criminal driving infraction but the claim for statutory negligence in a civil context will certainly affect the money you can expect to receive on your Oregon injury claim. If you want more info on cell phone laws go to www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/laws/cellphonelaws.html.

Oregon’s 2008 anti teen texting law

Texting and driving certainly don’t mix like a good mixer and I recently saw a report that the 2008 teen cell phone law which prohibits texting while driving has resulted in only two criminal infractions issued through the entire state. While laws without the beef to back them up end of being derided the effect on your civil automobile injury claim in the state of Oregon could end up getting you more money provided there is real proof that the at fault driver was texting and driving. Getting injured is certainly no fun and getting a serious injury from a texting teen at fault driver is an outrage for which more money should flow to you.