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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 Appellate Court Holds Hospital May Be Strictly Liable For Allegedly Defective Drug

March 5, 2023

Hospital May Be Liable For Defective Drug: In its December 14, 2022 Opinion, the Oregon Court of Appeals (“Oregon Appellate Court”) held that a hospital that charges for a pharmaceutical drug administered to a patient in its emergency department is a “seller *** engaged in the busi[...]

$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 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 [...]

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 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 Nursing Home Resident Left On Toilet 45 Minutes, Fractures Pelvis

March 4, 2015

An Oregon man, who was seriously injured on his first day in an Oregon nursing home due to the alleged lack of care and assistance, has filed a $4 million nursing home negligence lawsuit against the Oregon nursing home to be compensated for his medical expenses, pain and suffering, and loss of mobil[...]

Oregon Medical Malpractice Case Filed For Birth Injury

May 25, 2014

The parents of a now 6-year-old child have filed an Oregon birth injury medical malpractice case against an Oregon hospital where the labor and delivery took place, three defendant doctors who participated in the labor and delivery, and two clinics, alleging that their son suffered a brain injury du[...]

Oregon Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Gynecologist

November 19, 2013

On November 14, 2013, a federal medical malpractice jury in Oregon found that a gynecologist negligently treated his patient by wrongfully removing her healthy ovary during robotic surgery for pelvic pain, and left a foreign object in her body after the surgical robot allegedly malfunctioned, whi[...]

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