Volvo, Ford and other car makers have said they will accept “full liability” in the future when a car crashes in autonomous mode, because the technology will be that good. An accident involving a fully autonomous vehicle, with or without a driver behind the wheel, will then be an issue of product liability, assuming the…
In the coming weeks, Winter is due to grace the Pacific Northwest. The stretch between Halloween and Thanksgiving weekend usually marks the opening of the winter ski season as a few resorts open their doors and welcome ski enthusiasts. Although peak snowfall won’t come around until at least December, avid skiers are eager to bring their…
Comprehensive cycling insurance hasn’t caught on yet, despite the rise in zero-car households. With many cyclists dependent on their bikes for their daily commute, it is still shocking to understand the limits of comprehensive insurance options for those who rely on a bicycle as their main method of transportation. At Rizk Law, we occasionally do…
Oregonians with incomes over 138 percent of the federal poverty level who earn too much to qualify for expanded Medicaid, who are also without employer paid health insurance, are in a coverage gap. New Federal Medicaid/Medicare Standards In 2014, the Oregon Center for Public Policy estimated that about 120,000 Oregonians who must get health insurance or pay a fine…
A yearly investigation by Minneapolis station KARE11, followed by two recently filed class-action lawsuits, found that pharmacists must sign so-called “gag” clauses preventing them from disclosing lower prices than what patients with insurance were paying for medications. In most cases, an insurance co-pay for a medication was twice as expensive as for just paying cash for…
If you’re an avid cyclist in the Portland area, you have likely had some close calls with cars or known people who did, or maybe you are reading this right now because you or someone you know has just been seriously hurt by a car-on-bike accident. For many Portlanders, cycling is a way of life….
Health insurance premiums through the exchanges are expected to rise by an average of 25% in 2017, with fewer health insurance plans available to choose from as health insurance companies continue to drop out of the exchanges. About 75 percent of people enrolled in plans this year get subsidies to help pay their premiums, and…
In October 2016, beer maker Anheuser-Busch made the nation’s first commercial shipment by self-driving truck, completing a journey of 120 miles through Colorado with a driver on board but not behind the wheel. US Not First with Autonomous Trucks Six months earlier, a “platoon” of six convoys of two or three semi-automated “smart” trucks, linked…
October is usually warmly welcomed as the weather gets cooler and kids are eager to trick-or-treat. People get worked up over who they will “be for Halloween” and the greatest concern for parents is that their kids will eat too much candy. But this year, the onset of October brought upon a creepy clown epidemic that…
The thought of a car or truck crashing into your home while you sleep at night is horrifying, but while these things do happen, they don’t happen very often. Over 60 car-on-concrete accidents occur each day throughout the country, which isn’t much compared to typical car-on-car or car-on-truck accidents. Many of these are caused by…