Oregon teen dies of sepsis after doctors fail to clean wound before stitching, lawsuit says

An Oregon family alleged in a $100 million lawsuit that their 18-year-old son died from an infection after doctors at a Corvallis hospital did not remove pine needles and debris from his wound before stitching it up.

An Oregon family alleged in a $100 million lawsuit that their 18-year-old son died from an infection after doctors at a Corvallis hospital did not remove pine needles and debris from his wound before stitching it up.

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Ethan Cantrell, 18, died Aug. 20, 2024, days after he went to the emergency room at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center for an injury to his right arm, a civil lawsuit filed last month in Multnomah County Circuit Court states.

The medical negligence lawsuit was filed by Cantrell’s father against the hospital and two doctors who treated the teen.