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$10M Oregon Medical Malpractice Verdict For Paralysis After Failure To Diagnose Spinal Infection

May 18, 2026

In December 2021, a then 62-year-old man developed a spinal epidural abscess after he had a spinal cord stimulator implanted. He was transported to the emergency department of a local hospital after experiencing worsening symptoms and sepsis. He had new-onset paralysis beginning at the T7 level of h[...]

Oregon Supreme Court Rules Medical Professionals Can Be Held Liable For Injuries To Nonpatients

January 29, 2026

The Supreme Court of the State of Oregon stated in its En Banc decision dated December 11, 2025: “The question in this case is whether medical professionals, alleged to have negligently prescribed and distributed drugs to a patient, may be liable for allegedly foreseeable physical injuries tha[...]

Survey Of Patient Safety In Oregon

November 3, 2025

The Oregon Patient Safety Commission (OPSC), a non-regulatory, semi-independent state agency that supports healthcare facilities and providers in improving patient safety in Oregon, partnered with a local research firm in early 2025 to conduct a statewide survey to learn more about how medical harm [...]

Oregon Medical Malpractice Jury Awards More Than $20M To Former Soccer Goalkeeper

May 19, 2025

On March 28, 2025, an Oregon medical malpractice jury awarded in excess of $20 million to 34-year-old former Portland Timbers goalkeeper Jake Gleeson against team physician Dr. Richard H. Edelson, for allegedly inserting improperly sterilized plates into Gleeson’s legs during surgery in 2018 t[...]

$6.6M Sought In Oregon Dental Malpractice Case Involving Misdiagnosed Tongue Cancer

September 12, 2022

An Oregon man recently filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against his former dentist, alleging that the dentist negligently failed to diagnose his tongue cancer after he pointed out to the dentist some discoloration in his tongue during an office visit in 2013. The man’s dental malpractice la[...]

Oregon Health System Settles Chemotherapy Death Lawsuit

July 16, 2022

Oregon Health System Settles Chemotherapy Death Lawsuit: Oregon Health & Science University (“OHSU”) reportedly has agreed to pay $1 million to the widow of a cancer patient who allegedly died as a result of a toxic reaction to a chemotherapy drug due to a genetic variant that affect[...]

Oregon Supreme Court Holds $500,000 Cap On Noneconomic Damages Is Unconstitutional

July 14, 2020

In its opinion filed on July 9, 2020, the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon (“Oregon Supreme Court”) held: “ORS 31.710(1), as a limit on the noneconomic damages that a court can award to a plaintiff, violates Article I, section 10.” The Underlying Facts The plaintiff had t[...]

Man Sues Former Mental Health Therapist For Allegedly Seeking To Engage In Sexual Relationship

September 28, 2019

An Oregon man who was being treated for PTSD by a mental health therapist has filed a mental health malpractice lawsuit against his former therapist and her employer, seeking $2.1 million in damages, for allegedly violating her professional standards by seeking to start a sexual relationship with hi[...]

Oregon Supreme Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Failure To Instruct Jury Regarding Liability For Subsequent Conduct

April 15, 2019

The Supreme Court of the State of Oregon (“Oregon Supreme Court”) ruled in its opinion filed on April 4, 2019 in an Orgeon medical malpractice case that the plaintiff’s requested jury instruction regarding an original tortfeasor’s liability for the subsequent conduct of another was a[...]

$10M Medical Malpractice Settlement For Inmate Death

December 24, 2018

The family of an inmate who died in an Oregon jail in 2014 has settled their medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit filed against the jail medical services provider, Corizon Health, Inc. (“Corizon”), the local sheriff, the Oregon county where the jail is located, and others, for $10 [...]

Oregon Supreme Court Rules Treating Radiologists’ Testimony Regarding Imaging Studies Not Impermissible Expert Testimony

October 9, 2018

The Supreme Court of the State of Oregon (“Orgeon Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on August 23, 2018 that the questions that the Orgeon medical malpractice plaintiff asked two radiologists employed by the defendant radiology group about what they saw in the plaintiff’s imagin[...]

Oregon Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Baby Born With Herpes

February 13, 2018

On January 29, 2018, an Oregon medical malpractice jury found in favor of the defendant OB/GYN in a medical malpractice case in which the 25-year-old plaintiff alleged that the defendant OB/GYN was medically negligent in failing to order a test for herpes when the pregnant woman was examined by the [...]

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