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.
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…