Joshi v. Providence Health System of Oregon Corp.

Oregon’s wrongful death statute, ORS 30.020, provides, in part:

“(1) When the death of a person is caused by the wrongful act or omission of another, the personal representative of the decedent, * * * may maintain an action against the wrongdoer, if the decedent might have maintained an action, had the decedent lived, against the wrongdoer for an injury done by the same act or omission.”

Plaintiff sued under that statute, alleging that her husband (decedent) died as a result of the failure of defendants Providence Health System of Oregon, James Hedtke, M.D., Ezra Azhar, M.D., and Aloha Family…