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Oregon Supreme Court Recognizes Wrongful Birth Claim, Rejects Wrongful Life Claim

February 10, 2018

In its opinion dated February 8, 2018, the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon (“Oregon Supreme Court”) recognized wrongful birth claims but rejected wrongful life claims in Oregon, thereby affirming the lower appellate court’s decision. In the case the Oregon Supreme Court was de[...]

Oregon Appellate Court Holds Cap On Noneconomic Damages Unconstitutional As Applied To Grievously Injured Plaintiff

November 2, 2017

The Court of Appeals of the State of Oregon (“Oregon Appellate Court”) ruled in its opinion filed on November 1, 2017 that where there is a bare reduction in the plaintiff’s noneconomic damages without any identifiable statutory quid pro quo or constitutional principle that the cap on [...]

Oregon Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Responsible For Newborn’s Suffocation Death

August 30, 2017

An Oregon woman filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in Oregon during early August 2017 against the hospital where she gave birth and a nurse who was involved with her care, alleging that their negligence led to the woman accidentally suffocating her newborn when she rolled over onto her newborn who [...]

Oregon Appellate Court Revives Medical Malpractice Claim Filed Under Oregon Tort Claims Act

July 16, 2017

In its decision filed on June 21, 2017, the Court of Appeals of the State of Oregon (“Oregon Appellate Court”) reversed the trial court’s dismissal of the plaintiff’s surgical medical malpractice claim filed pursuant to the Oregon Tort Claims Act (OTCA), holding that the plai[...]

Oregon Supreme Court Recognizes Loss Of Chance Of Recovery Claim In Medical Malpractice Cases

May 13, 2017

In its opinion filed on May 11, 2017, the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon (“Oregon Supreme Court”) held, as a matter of first impression, that a medical negligence claim based on a loss-of-chance theory of injury in the circumstances presented is cognizable under Oregon common law ([...]

Oregon Medical Malpractice Lawyers Fight Over Attorney Fee Split

August 9, 2016

An Oregon medical malpractice law firm and an Oregon sole practitioner who undertook the representation of an Oregon man who suffered a catastrophic injury due to medical negligence and won a large Oregon medical malpractice verdict that was subsequently settled for a substantial but reduced amount [...]

Oregon Supreme Court Overturns $12M Medical Malpractice Verdict, Applies $3M Cap

June 17, 2016

In its one-hundred-forty-one page decision filed on May 5, 2016, the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon (“Oregon Supreme Court”) overturned the $12 million medical malpractice verdict reached by an Oregon medical malpractice jury against the State of Oregon and its employees, and inst[...]

Oregon Inmate Files Medical Malpractice Lawsuit For Lost Kidney

April 26, 2016

A 62-year-old Oregon inmate recently filed a federal medical malpractice lawsuit against the State of Oregon and Oregon Department of Corrections physicians alleging that their medical negligence and failure to provide timely and appropriate medical care led to a loss of kidney due to a severe inf[...]

Oregon Appellate Court Recognizes Parents’ Wrongful Birth Claim

January 22, 2016

In its decision filed on December 30, 2015, the Court of Appeals of the State of Oregon (“Appellate Court”) reversed the trial court’s dismissing the wrongful birth claim of the parents of a boy born with muscular dystrophy, holding that the trial court erred in dismissing the pare[...]

$12.2M Oregon Medical Malpractice Verdict For Brain Damage Due To Medication Error

October 22, 2015

On October 19, 2015, an Oregon medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a 56-year-old man who suffered a massive and permanent brain injury as a result of a medication overdose in an Oregon hospital following a surgical procedure. When the man developed ventricular fibrillation f[...]

Oregon Nurse Receives $3M Verdict Against Hospital Where She Had Worked

September 25, 2015

On September 18, 2015, at the conclusion of a jury trial that lasted nearly two weeks, an Oregon jury returned its verdict in favor of an Oregon nurse who had filed suit against the hospital system where she had formerly worked, alleging that the hospital system cut corners to save money that thr[...]

Oregon Nursing Home Lawsuit Filed After Resident’s Penis Amputated

September 12, 2015

A 60-year-old former resident of an Oregon nursing home has filed a nursing home negligence lawsuit against the nursing home, alleging that the gross negligence of its staff led to the need for his penis to be amputated. The man’s nursing home lawsuit seeks $9 million in damages. The Factual [...]

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