Why your car insurance rates are going up
Rate hikes and the “loyalty discount” myth Allstate quietly announced that auto insurance rates are going up, starting in June 2015. The company claims the price hike is due...
Read moreDeath on the job: lawsuit filed for Oregon worker forced to use bucket in truck as toilet
As reported by the Oregonian, attorneys Tom D’Amore of D’Amore Law Group have filed lawsuit on behalf of a worker who died from carbon monoxide poisoning on a job...
Read moreDermatologist who sexually molested patients is still practicing in New Jersey
Dr. Gangaram Ragi is a dermatologist in Teaneck, NJ. He’s been accused of sexual molestation by more than a dozen female patients, with charges dating back over a decade....
Read moreHow many people are sexually assaulted in U.S. hospitals? No one knows.
Many more patients reported hospital sexual abuse in the United Kingdom in the last three years. Police data counted 1,600 attacks recorded: a 50% increase, and an alarming number....
Read moreJury gives justice to sex abuse victim – while hospital pretends it never happened
Anesthesiologist Fred Field, MD, sexually assaulted at least 12 women at Mid-Columbia Medical Center. His victims were drugged, unconscious or semi-conscious during the assaults. It is likely Field sexually...
Read moreAre these guardrails safe? A flawed government investigation into Trinity Industries
Imagine you’re driving along an Oregon highway, headed home after a long day. It’s getting dark outside, and a light rain is falling. In your rearview mirror, you...
Read moreMID-COLUMBIA MEDICAL CENTER: HOSPITAL SUED FOR IGNORING SEX ABUSE BY ANESTHESIOLOGIST
MID-COLUMBIA MEDICAL CENTER: HOSPITAL SUED FOR IGNORING SEX ABUSE BY ANESTHESIOLOGIST (WASCO COUNTY, ORE.) – Tom D’Amore, Managing Partner and owner of D’Amore Law Group, made clear that serial sexual...
Read moreShould Oregon Speed Limit be Raised to 75 mph?
Two bills pending in the Oregon House of Representatives would increase the speed limits for passenger vehicles. Current speed limit on state highways: 55 mph Current speed limit on...
Read moreIt’s worse than we thought: terrifying video study of teen distracted driving crashes
NHTSA estimated that about 15% of teen driver car crashes are caused by driver distraction. AAA researchers pulled in-car event recorders and analyzed almost 1700 teen drivers in the...
Read moreWhat we can (and can’t) learn from Oregon’s fatal crash data
The Oregon Department of Transportation started collecting information on fatal motor vehicle accidents back in 1946. Last week, The Oregonian created a searchable map using this data. It shows...
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