Types of Cases

The following is a list of some of the types of cases that Rod Jones has handled during his decades of experience as an Oregon litigation attorney.


  • Wrongful Death and Serious Personal Injury resulting from all types of accidents
  • Auto accidents
  • Claims against drunk/intoxicated drivers
  • Traumatic brain injury/closed-head injury/coma
  • Paraplegia and quadriplegia claims
  • Truck and trailer accidents
  • Motorcycle accidents
  • Dram shop claims involving taverns, bars, restaurants and social parties
  • Pedestrian accidents
  • Bicycle accidents
  • Tragic injuries and death involving children
  • Construction-related accidents and deaths
  • On-the-job injuries/work-related injuries
  • Trip, slip and fall injuries
  • Alcohol-related injuries and deaths
  • Fights
  • Accidental gunshot/discharge of firearms
  • Intentional discharge of firearms in self-defense and defense of others
  • Disfiguring dog bites
  • Eye injuries
  • ATV/quad accidents
  • Sexual assault
  • Sexual abuse
  • Sexual misconduct
  • Defense of Law Enforcement officers with civil claims
  • Mechanical defects
  • Boating and jet ski accidents
  • Failure to warn
  • Landlord/tenant claims involving injury or death
  • Accidental fire
  • Arson
  • Joggers hit by vehicles
  • Homeowner claims
  • First and third party insurance claims
  • Insurance bad faith claims
  • Insurance coverage
  • Burns
  • Timber trespass
  • Public entity claims
  • Employment claims
  • Slander/libel/defamation
  • Uninsured motorist accidents
  • Underinsured motorist claims
  • Professional negligence
  • Financial and physical Senior/elder abuse claims
  • Worker’s Comp third-party election claims
  • Financial misappropriation
  • Negligent hiring
  • Failure to inspect
  • Insurance examinations under oath
  • Ethics Commission complaints
  • Church/religious organization defense
  • Fireworks injuries
  • Sports injuries
  • School District claims
  • Insurance fraud
  • Deck collapse
  • Breach of contract
  • Dental injuries resulting from accidents
  • Stabbings
  • Stairs/stairway accidents and falls
  • Livestock-at-large accidents
  • Ice-related falls and collisions
  • Construction defect claims
  • Freeway and highway collisions
  • Injuries on school property
  • Failure to maintain premises
  • Airplane/aviation accidents
  • Tanning bed overexposure
  • Theft claims
  • Tort cap issues
  • Sewage spills
  • Civil rights claims
  • Farm and farm implement accidents
  • Machinery accidents resulting in severed limbs
  • Bus collisions
  • Darting children
  • Sidewalk defects causing falls
  • Scaffolding collapse
  • Collisions with emergency vehicles
  • Business litigation
  • Real estate litigation
  • Denial of insurance coverage or benefits
  • Trespass
  • Premises liability
  • Property damage claims
  • Employment claims
  • PIP (Personal Injury Protection) insurance claims