Horton v. Oregon Health & Science University

HADLOCK, C. J.,

Plaintiffs are the parents of a very young child whose liver was severely damaged during surgery performed by defendants, who—at least for purposes of this appeal—do not dispute plaintiffs’ allegation that their negligence harmed the child. The child’s mother (“plaintiff mother”) was informed that the child needed an emergency liver transplant because of the damage caused during the surgery, and she subsequently learned that her body tissues “matched” her child’s. Four days after the child’s initial surgery at Oregon Health & Science University (“OHSU”), medical staff at a…