Driving without a license is illegal in Oregon, as in other states, and yet according to AAA, about 20 percent of collisions are caused by unlicensed individuals. If you are involved in a crash with an unlicensed driver, do you know your legal rights? Can you recover compensation for your damages, or will you have…
Distracted driving crashes are a leading cause of accidents involving serious injuries or death. Unfortunately, this statistic may not mean much until you or someone you know is involved in a distracted driving crash. In recent years, texting and driving has become synonymous with distracted driving, however, there are many other types of distracted behavior…
The 2021 ski season in Oregon is just beginning, but there are already concerns that there may be more accidents than in previous years. Issues this season include not only the increased traffic to and from Mount Hood but also how COVID-19 restrictions at the resorts will impact your day trip. Rizk Law discusses some…
Rizk Law welcomes our newest law clerk, Monet Gonnerman. Ms. Gonnerman will be drafting civil demand letters and pleadings starting December 16, 2020. Ms. Gonnerman is a night student at Lewis and Clark Law School where she is a Lead Article Editor of the Lewis & Clark Law Review. Monet previously worked as an extern for U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacie Beckerman…
Incidents of road rage have been steadily increasing over the last decade and continue to rise in 2020. In fact, recent statistics show that a staggering eight out of every 10 Americans engage in some form of this erratic and dangerous behavior. One must wonder whether COVID-19-related stresses are, at least in part, a contributing…
Portland police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that happened on Northeast Halsey Street around 10:45 p.m. on Saturday night. When responding officers arrived at the accident scene, located west of Northeast 162nd Avenue on Halsey, they found two smashed vehicles. A single passenger had to be extricated from the first vehicle after being discovered pinned…
By Richard Rizk Most health insurance policies exclude treatment for injuries caused by someone else’s mistake. To fill that gap, Oregon requires all auto insurers to include a coverage commonly known as Personal Injury Protection (PIP), which pays “reasonable and necessary” medical expenses substantially caused by a motor vehicle accident for up to two years…
The natural aging process can make it harder for people to safely operate a car, increasing their chance of an getting into a serious car accident. For some people, continuing to drive at an advanced age puts themselves and others at risk for serious or life-threatening injuries. However, before asking an older family member to…
Rizk Law founder and senior attorney Richard Rizk also serves as a Transportation Ambassador for the Portland Bureau of Transportation. He has been looking for ways to help Portlanders stay physically and mentally fit in the winter while being socially responsible and following COVID-19 safety precautions. One activity Rizk is encouraging people to take part…
In May 2017, Oregon Public Broadcasting, OPB, reported that Jeremy Christian had allegedly attacked and killed two people and injured a third on a Portland MAX light rail train. Prior to that attack, witnesses gave testimony that Christian also committed various other hate and intimidation crimes, such as yelling out racist comments at the train…