If you sustained injuries in a truck accident in Portland, Oregon, it’s important to understand how black box data proves fault in truck crashes. By obtaining the truck’s black box data, your lawyer can establish how the accident occurred and what parties may be at fault. This is crucial for your claim’s success and a…
Truck crashes bring sudden concerns about fault, medical bills, and lost income. You deserve compensation for all of your losses. However, you will first have to establish that someone else’s negligence caused the truck accident and your injuries. At Rizk Law, we have over 20 years of experience proving negligence in truck accidents in Portland….
Understanding how truck accident injury compensation in Portland works helps you plan for medical expenses, lost wages, and long-term changes to your life. Oregon law sets some clear ground rules. However, the details depend on your injuries, the insurance policies involved, and how strong your evidence looks when negotiations begin. The Portland truck accident lawyers…
Truck accidents can cause life-altering consequences for victims and their families. Sometimes responsibility for those consequences falls directly on the truck driver or the trucking company. However, that’s not always the case. Sometimes, poor road conditions are to blame for these devastating collisions. If poor road conditions caused a truck accident that upended your life,…
Commercial trucks traveling at excessive speeds can have devastating consequences. Large trucks weighing up to 80,000 pounds require significantly more time and distance to come to a complete stop than passenger vehicles. When truck drivers exceed posted limits, they drastically reduce their ability to avoid collisions. If you suffered injuries in a speeding truck accident,…
Every day, semi-trucks transport millions of goods throughout Portland and Oregon. Because they are much larger than typical cars, trucks have several blind spots that limit their drivers’ visibility. If you get involved in a blind spot accident with a semi-truck, the results can be devastating, even catastrophic, due to a truck’s massive size and…
While people commonly refer to any vehicle collision as a “car accident,” there are significant legal and practical differences between car and truck crashes. Truck accident cases tend to be much more complex due to the severity of injuries, multiple liable parties, higher insurance coverage limits, and federal regulations governing the trucking industry. Unlike standard…
Truck accidents are often devastating events that leave victims with injuries that cause significant disruptions to every aspect of their lives. Unlike typical car crashes, determining liability for a truck wreck often involves untangling a complex web of responsibility. Working with an experienced Oregon truck accident attorney can help you identify all potentially responsible parties…
While any motor vehicle accident can have devastating consequences, collisions involving commercial trucks are particularly severe. These vehicles are massive, weighing up to 80,000 pounds when fully loaded. That’s about 20 times the weight of even a good-sized passenger pickup. This means they cause considerable force when they collide with a smaller vehicle – enough…
Oregon’s brutal winters are known all over the country. With dropping temperatures, heavy winds, and frigid snow, the Beaver State gets its fair share of extreme weather conditions. But how can you prepare your truck for the winters to come? Preparing Your Truck for Oregon’s Extreme Winters Preparing your truck for Oregon’s extreme winters is…