Whether the car crash accident involved a death or a physical injury (with a police officer) there are important laws which come into play when presenting any personal injury case or wrongful death case. Under Oregon law a police officer individually is give a form of immunity for actions like driving their police car in the scope and course of their duty. Whether a police department is immune is another question as in certain cases a department’s guidelines which may or may not have been filed in a particular case were followed.

Another question to ask in any car crash involving a law enforcement officer is whether the police were in pursuit at the exact time of the crash. Most cases situations will afford full immunity to police in chase cases unless their was wanton or willful facts. Whether a police officer is immune is a different question from whether other driver would be on the hook for negligence even if there was a police chase. Oregon law now requires that all driver pull over into an outer lane away from the stop if it occurs on a two way road.

Lastly a short notice to the state or county or lesser governmental unit will be mandatory and not doing so timely may void your case and whatever you could have received.

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