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- The Cantrell family filed a $100 million malpractice suit alleging doctors left pine needles and debris in Ethan Cantrell’s wound.
- Ethan Cantrell, 18, died on Aug. 20 2024 from a necrotizing infection after Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis, Oregon, irrigated, sutured, and prescribed antibiotics without removing sutures.
- Samaritan Health Services’ vice president and chief legal officer Tyler Jacobsen said the hospital will respond through the legal process, expressing sympathy for family.
