EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A jury has ruled that a hospital in Eugene, Oregon, must pay $1.5 million to a Georgia woman for providing negligent medical care to her daughter, a University of Oregon athlete who died of meningococcal disease during a campus outbreak in early 2015.
The Register-Guard reports (https://goo.gl/snEAaw ) the Lane County jury reached the verdict Friday after a three-week trial.
Dorian Sanders last year filed a wrongful death lawsuit against PeaceHealth, which operates the hospital. She had sought $2 million in damages.
Her daughter, university acrobatics and tumbling team member Lauren Jones, was one of seven people who came down with meningococcal disease during the outbreak.
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The doctor at the hospital near campus diagnosed Jones with a flu-like illness on Feb. 17, 2015. Jones, 18, died later that day after being found unconscious in her dorm room.
PeaceHealth hasn’t said if it plans to appeal.
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Information from: The Register-Guard, http://www.registerguard.com