Yes, you can. You can also hit them with various penalties so they will likely never do it again.

You likely are barred by recreational immunity: https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/105.682

If seriously injured, consult with a personal injury attorney to confirm.

Depends on how you were injured, as in whose fault was it. Be careful, you have to send a tort claim notice within 180 days of the injury though.

Legally you never have show up, as slavery is illegal. But, if you don't show up you risk being fired. The real issue is if this is your first check, as they have something like 35 days for that first one.

Most likely not anything improper from a legal standpoint. Not great team building, but not illegal since nothing you say appears to make it based on a protected class.

Not exactly. There is a law that if you were driving without insurance you cannot recover what are called non-economic damages, such as pain and suffering. And if you did not have a license, you may not have had insurance either.

But, even if that is the case, you can still get economic... View More

For back pay you can go back six years, two or three if there is overtime. This does assume we are talking about travel time between sites, not commute time.

There would also be a penalty wage owed, plus he would have to pay attorneys fees if you have an attorney go after him. Well worth at... View More

While there are sometimes exceptions in federal law to home healthcare, which I'm not sure if there are in this instance, usually if someone is required to be at work they have to be paid. Contact BOLI.

You can't sue your employer, as you can only file a worker's compensation claim as to your employer. You can go after the caterer, though you do have to prove they were the ones responsible.

If the tenancy is related to employment, and it sounds like it is through your roommate, then the regular landlord/tenant laws are not all applicable.

Not quite, but it reduces how much you can get: https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/31.760

Unfortunately, there is nothing wrong legally with the termination. This is common, but legal.

With the paycheck item, you may have something. As in, I am assuming you mean your final paycheck took a week, which since you were fired meant it was due by the end of the next business day. I... View More

Depends on how much you are talking about. If it is under $10k, you can go to small claims court. More than that, file in regular circuit court. Of course, you would be better off using an attorney, as most do these types of cases on a contingency basis, meaning you only pay them if you win.

Oregon is an at-will state, meaning they can fire you for basically any reason, or no reason at all. They cannot fire you because you are say black, gay, Jewish, etc., but almost any other reason such as you wore a blue shirt.

Now, if you text was discussing work conditions with a... View More

Not entirely certain if you are sub leasing to them, or you are sub leasing from them. If you are sub leasing to them, you are the landlord, and you can sent notices of deficiencies or a for cause eviction if they are violating the lease.

If it is the other way around, review the lease and... View More

You can always sue, but as an attorney, I would not want to take that sort of case to trial. The fact that you question whose fault it was based on you starting the argument is exactly what the jury would struggle with. My best guess is that even if you win, the jury would award like a $1.

As a general proposition, you have six months to vacate a default judgment.

Yes, your family can still continue the lawsuit. Basically the estate is substituted in for the person you sued.

It depends on the injuries. If the injuries are soft tissue, it can be.

There probably is, but it would be time consuming to find those few who do. That said, you do not need an Oregon attorney, you need an AZ one that does wrongful death. Just do a Google search for wrongful death attorney in the closest bigger city and then make some calls.