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	<title>Portland Oregon Personal Injury and Class Action Attorney – Lawyer – Paul and Sugerman PC &#187; insurance</title>
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		<title>Oregon liability insurance rates drop for doctors</title>
		<link>http://www.pspc.com/2009/05/oregon-liability-insurance-rates-drop-for-doctors</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 17:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nice write up online for the Willamette Week here about how liability insurance rates for Oregon physicians fell. The study from the State of Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services dispels a major political myth.
While it&#8217;s hard to remember, Oregon voters rejected a cap on damages in medical malpractice cases several years ago. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Large law firm rates $450 per hour for associate with no experience</title>
		<link>http://www.pspc.com/2009/04/large-law-firm-rates-450-per-hour-for-associate-with-no-experience</link>
		<comments>http://www.pspc.com/2009/04/large-law-firm-rates-450-per-hour-for-associate-with-no-experience#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pspc.com/?p=315</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently turned down a complex but interesting case that had been handled by a much larger firm. In hearing about the case, I asked the potential client how he had decided to have this firm handle his case. He explained that he felt like he needed a big firm to take on his former [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four reasons not to cut out car insurance coverage</title>
		<link>http://www.pspc.com/2008/11/four-reasons-not-to-cut-out-car-insurance-coverage</link>
		<comments>http://www.pspc.com/2008/11/four-reasons-not-to-cut-out-car-insurance-coverage#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Portland personal injury lawyer]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pspc.com/?p=259</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tough times lead consumers to cutting out the luxuries. Tougher times mean that we all start looking at cutting necessities in order to get by. I imagine that some consumers will look at lowering insurance costs by going bare or reducing auto coverage. Here are some things that Oregon consumers need to know about cutting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon fines Bankers Life over annuity sales</title>
		<link>http://www.pspc.com/2008/10/oregon-fines-bankers-life-over-annuity-sales</link>
		<comments>http://www.pspc.com/2008/10/oregon-fines-bankers-life-over-annuity-sales#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Oregon consumer lawyer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The State of Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services reportedly fined Bankers Life and Casualty Co. $150,000 over its sale of unsuitable annuities to seniors. Bankers&#8217; Life reportedly refunded premiums to approximately 20 Oregon seniors who were paying so much on annuity contracts that they could not afford to cover living expenses.
Interesting legal question [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon Supreme Court rules for consumers on property damage</title>
		<link>http://www.pspc.com/2008/10/oregon-supreme-court-rules-for-consumers-on-property-damage</link>
		<comments>http://www.pspc.com/2008/10/oregon-supreme-court-rules-for-consumers-on-property-damage#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News today is that the Oregon Supreme Court issued this opinion that could help Oregon consumers with property damage insurance claims.  I have to confess that insurance policy cases make for dry reading.  So it can be hard to follow these types of cases.
Here&#8217;s what the Court decided.
When you are in a wreck, the company [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calling it fairly: Allstate, State Farm have a right to outrage</title>
		<link>http://www.pspc.com/2008/07/calling-it-fairly-allstate-state-farm-have-a-right-to-outrage</link>
		<comments>http://www.pspc.com/2008/07/calling-it-fairly-allstate-state-farm-have-a-right-to-outrage#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pspc.com/?p=195</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[No secret that I&#8217;ve been a big critic of large insurance companies. You don&#8217;t have to look too far into the archives to find a combination of snarkiness, outrage, and jaundice over some of their practices.  So this one is in the spirit of calling it fairly. While away on vacation, I missed this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making the List:  Allstate achieves worst insurer status</title>
		<link>http://www.pspc.com/2008/07/making-the-list-allstate-achieves-worst-insurer-status</link>
		<comments>http://www.pspc.com/2008/07/making-the-list-allstate-achieves-worst-insurer-status#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Portland personal injury lawyer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s that commercial with the earnest, wise and sentorian guy talking about all the great things they do, ending with the intonation, &#8220;That&#8217;s Allstate&#8217;s stand.&#8221;  A new American Association of Justice study noted here names Allstate the worst insurer.
Interestingly, Allstate&#8217;s CEO&#8217;s 2007 compensation topped $10 million for the year.  That&#8217;s a lot of premium money. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-consumer measure 51 fails to qualify</title>
		<link>http://www.pspc.com/2008/07/anti-consumer-measure-51-fails-to-qualify</link>
		<comments>http://www.pspc.com/2008/07/anti-consumer-measure-51-fails-to-qualify#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bush administration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s some good news in what is something of a sleeper. Measure 51, a one-sided and unnecessary ballot measure that would limit consumers rights failed to qualify for the November ballot.  The measure would have limited attorney fees to 10 percent in most contingent fee cases.
Contingent fees are those paid as a percentage of what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The difference between Oregon and Texas lawyers?</title>
		<link>http://www.pspc.com/2008/05/the-difference-between-oregon-and-texas-lawyers</link>
		<comments>http://www.pspc.com/2008/05/the-difference-between-oregon-and-texas-lawyers#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 21:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oregon class action lawyer]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pspc.com/?p=166</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It sounds like a set up in search of a punch line: What&#8217;s the difference between an Oregon lawyer and a Texas lawyer? If you&#8217;re an Oregon consumer, you can have a laugh, and if you live in Texas, well, shed another tear.
Oregon requires that each Oregon lawyer carry liability insurance, as a way to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon Supreme Court&#8217;s Punitive Damages: A &#8220;Come on Down&#8221; to Wrongdoers?</title>
		<link>http://www.pspc.com/2008/03/oregon-supreme-courts-punitive-damages-a-come-on-down-to-wrongdoers</link>
		<comments>http://www.pspc.com/2008/03/oregon-supreme-courts-punitive-damages-a-come-on-down-to-wrongdoers#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may have been inevitable. Late last week, the Oregon Supreme Court released its opinion in Goddard v. Farmers Insurance. Oregon court watchers have been waiting for this opinion. It addressed whether under federal due process restrictions, a punitive damage award against Farmers Insurance was too high.
It&#8217;s a long opinion. Here&#8217;s the link: www.publications.ojd.state.or.us/S053405.htm
It&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
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