When someone is injured in Bend Oregon, they have two years to file a lawsuit. The injuries can be physical or psychological or both. In order to have a case, you have to prove that the injury happened during some kind of negligence or unreasonable actions against you. This has to be a situation where the person has a right to your well being such as a landlord, employer, manufacturer or a doctor.
Four items must be proved in order to win your lawsuit:
• The person you are suing owed you a duty of care.
• This person breached their duty.
• You suffered some type of injuries.
• The person you are suing caused your injury or a product of theirs did.
There is a limit to the amount of monetary reward you can ask for in your lawsuit, less than or equal to $500,000 for bodily injury. There is no limit in punitive reward, but you must prove present clear and convincing evidence of injury, from malice or recklessness, in a situation that caused personal injury to you.
In Oregon, the law regarding injuries caused by negligence is comparative. If it is proven that you are 51% at fault for the injury, you get no recovery. If it is proven that you are less than or equal to 50% at fault, you can get monetary rewards, but it is proportionate to your degree of fault. If more than one person caused your injury, they are responsible according to their degree of fault.
