Oregon Trial Lawyers Association Work Comp Legislation 2015 Session
The last 25 years have been particularly brutal on both injured workers and on the lawyers who represent them. In 1990, the legislature met in special session and enacted some very significant changes in the law. At that time, the law was relatively simple to understand, and reasonable lucrative
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How Much Is Your Arm Worth?
Each state determines its own workers’ compensation benefits, which means workers in neighboring states can end up with dramatically different compensation for identical injuries. by Michael Grabell, ProPublica, and Howard Berkes, NPR March 5, 2015 AT THE TIME OF THEIR ACCIDENTS, Jeremy Lewis was 27, Josh Potter 25. The
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Our Legislative Commitment
Our law firm has been committed to aggressively representing and defending the rights of injured workers during Oregon’s legislative process. Oregon’s legislature meets in regular session every other year in odd numbered years. Since the workers’ compensation statute was created by our legislature, they have the ability to alter
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