Gideon D. Caron Personal Injury Law Blog

If you have been injured on the job in Washington or Oregon, you are entitled to workers compensation benefits.  If the injury was due to the fault of someone other than the employer or co-employee, then you may also be entitled to bring a claim for the full measure of damages.

Workers compensation benefits are usually insufficient to fully compensate for actual damages incurred in an accident.  For example, the Department of Labor and Industries pays a only a percentage of... Read More

Trip and falls can cause serious injury, especially for the elderly.  The legal issues in these cases center on the liability of the premises owner to keep the premises in a safe condition.  Traditionally, in order to hold the premises owner liable, the injured party would need to prove that the owner was aware of the danger before the accident.

In many cases the injured party is not in a position to know if the owner was aware of a dangerous condition before the... Read More