Legal Opinion
O'BRIEN v. State
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Decided October 17, 1990No. 8802-00742; CA A60568PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*3RICHARDSON, J.
Plaintiff brought this medical malpractice action under the Oregon Tort Claims Act (OTCA), ORS 30.260 to ORS 30.300, for injuries that she allegedly sustained at the Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU). The trial court dismissed her complaint1 on the ground that ORS 12.110(4), the five-year statute of ultimate repose for malpractice actions, barred her claim. We reverse.
Plaintiff alleges that, when she was a patient at OHSU in July, 1980, or February, 1981, a catheter was inserted into her blood vessel and heart. When defendant removed the catheter, a portion of it broke…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Dowers Farms, Inc. v. Lake CountyOregon Supreme Court · 1980
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3Cited by14 opinions
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