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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[...]

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[...]

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 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 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 ([...]

Feds Put Brakes On Some States Medical Malpractice Reporting Loopholes

August 16, 2014

In a decision issued on May 22, 2014, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, formally determined that the efforts by Oregon and Massachusetts to circumvent requirements to report medical malpractice payments to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB[...]

Oregon’s Medical Malpractice Early Discussion and Resolution Provisions Became Operational On July 1, 2014

July 10, 2014

On March 18, 2013, Oregon’s Governor signed into law Oregon’s so-called Early Discussion and Resolution (“EDR”) proposal that established a voluntary process for health care providers and patients to resolve adverse events without litigation, with the stated goal of enhancing[...]

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