Portland Jury Awards $10 Million After Patient Waited 17 Hours in ER as Paralysis Progressed

Posted on March 17, 2026 in Press Releases

PORTLAND, OR — A Portland jury awarded $10 million to John Douglas Cox, a longtime Clark County diesel mechanic who was left partially paralyzed after doctors failed to promptly diagnose and treat a spinal infection that was compressing his spinal cord. The jury returned a $10 million verdict, allocating 80% of the fault to Kaiser,… read more