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.

I have handled ‘trip and fall’ or ’slip and fall’ cases including one where an unfortunate client fractured her arm after tripping on a hose which was extended across a sidewalk at a prison. With the summer season around the corner, it will be likely that emergency rooms in Oregon and Washington states will be seeing more and more of these kind of injuries. Recoveries for broken arm and leg cases can often be high but depends upon the unique facts of each injury fall accident case.

Every homeowner and business is liable if the owner or adult person in charge leaves a hose or other clutter on their sidewalk and they will be responsible for medical bills and pain and suffering money. Clutter may include garden hoses, children’s toys, basketballs, pieces of wood, bikes, skateboards, and/or lawn tools.

In Portland Oregon sidewalks are a public route of pedestrian travel and the law in Portland makes the homeowner liable for injuries caused by lack of periodic upkeep and clutter.

When owning a home, there comes great responsibility. A homeowner must understand that if someone is injured through neglect like leaving a hose strewn across a sidewalk or children’s toys cluttering up a sidewalk that they could end up paying for the injured parties. Portland Oregon is a city that prides themselves with great upkeep of our neighborhoods. It’s a wonder why some homeowners take such a casual approach to the great financial risk they are setting themselves up for by failing to keep our community clean.