A bystander can get a money settlement from getting injured by stray fireworks in the state of Oregon particularly so if they are illegally purchased. Serious injury to face hands and other body parts are tragic and occur regularly at each Fourth of July.

I achieved a settlement of $200,000 not too long ago when I settled a Washington State firework injury case which involved a woman who suffered severe cuts when a pipe bomb was launched at a residential house and it backfired and then shattered the sliding glass door where she was standing.

Minor and children can also get money for firework related injuries if the adults are liable or have not watched the kids closely.

It is about that time of the year again, when Oregon malls are busy with people buying gifts for the holidays. With busy malls comes any opportunity for you as a driver to be in a car accident while driving away or to the mall. Here are some tips to keep you from being in a car accident.
1. Remember to keep a 4 second space between you and the car ahead of you.
2. When pulling out of your parking spot, make sure you have your lights on and pull out very slowly. If it would help, ask your passenger to stand next to the car and help you and drivers around you know that you are leaving.
3. Be ready for people that will stop in the middle of the aisle for a parking spot. Do not go around them, as you can not see why they have stopped.
4. Make sure your lights are on at all times.
5. You will be tired after a long day of shopping, make sure you don’t turn on the heat right away, as this will make you more tired. Make sure you don’t get into the car and start driving if you are about to fall asleep.
6. If you are planning on going to different stores around the mall, try and walk. The less time you are in your car, the less congested it will be around the area.
7. Try and go on less busy times. If you can keep away from the mall on the weekends or Friday nights, that will help with the amount of automobiles on the road.
8. Always be ready for a long wait to get out of the shopping area. If you can go back roads or car pool.
9. If you do get in an accident, make sure you pull off the road immediately to keep the traffic from building up behind you.
10. Always be on alert for drivers that are in a hurry to get home quickly.

If you do happen to get into a car accident during these holiday seasons, make sure you get in contact with an attorney with the knowledge to protect you.

Lacerations and cuts can be caused from window glass and/or sliding glass doors. Glass may shatter for a variety of reasons including improper installation, loud noises, and even explosions such as illegal fireworks. Serious scars frequently result from cut glass injury cases.

The most serious cut glass laceration case I handled involved a client who received serious wounds from a sliding glass door which shattered because an illegal firework struck the glass door she was standing next to. Thus causing her to suffer deep wounds including lacerations and cuts. We brought a homeowners insurance claim and recovered a generous money settlement on the cut glass injury fireworks case.

On any firework injury case the key legal issue is whether the firework exploder was using illegal fireworks and also whether they were negligent in deploying the fireworks outside or inside the normal safety zone of the bystanders.