Articles Posted in Wrongful Death

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The family of a woman who drowned at the Astoria Aquatic Center in June 2007 is expected to settle their wrongful death lawsuit with the Oregon city of Astoria out of court.

Jung Min Kim, 34, was found unconscious at the bottom of the center’s lap pool on June 6, 2007 and died soon after. According to a police report, she may have been underwater for as long as 10 minutes before anyone noticed she was there.

Kim’s husband Joo Dong Park, who had been attending Oregon State University as a graduate school at the time of the accident, filed the Oregon wrongful death lawsuit. The complaint accuses city employees and agents of negligence that it is calling a “substantial factor” in Kim’s death.

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The estate of Bend man Stephen Brenn is suing orthopedic surgeon Dr. Anthony Hinz for almost $10 million for Brenn’s wrongful death. The lawsuit has gone to trial.

Brenn died in 2006. The complaint accuses Hinz of negligence when he performed elective ankle surgery on Brenn. Brenn died just hours after the procedure.

Brenn’s estate has already reached a settlement agreement with St. Charles Medical Center-Bend. The trial now goes forward to determine whether Hinz and the nurses that gave Brenn pain medication were responsible for his wrongful death.

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