Ethan Cantrell, 18, died in August 2024, after proposing to his high school sweetheart the month prior
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- The family of 18-year-old Ethan Cantrell, who died from an infection in August 2024, has brought a $100 million lawsuit against a hospital in Oregon
- The complaint, seen by PEOPLE, alleged that doctors failed to properly clean debris from the late teenager’s wound before closing it up
- Cantrell, a recent high school graduate, had proposed to his girlfriend the month before his tragic death
The family of a teenager who died from an infection has brought a $100 million lawsuit against a hospital in Oregon.
Ethan Cantrell, 18, visited the Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in the city of Corvallis on the morning of Aug. 15, 2024, after a piece of debris stabbed his right arm while he was cutting wood, according to the complaint, filed on April 29, which has been seen by PEOPLE.
The document alleged that doctors failed to clean out the pieces of pine needles and debris in his wound before closing it up and giving him an antibiotic…