Medical malpractice in Oregon
Last checked Aug 15, 2026 · LawyerUnc editorial. Educational only, not legal advice.
Elements
1
Provider-patient relationship
The defendant undertook to treat the patient.
2
Standard of care
What a reasonably careful similar provider would have done under similar circumstances.
3
Breach
The care fell below that standard.
4
Causation and injury
The breach more likely than not caused a compensable injury, not merely a bad outcome.
Burden of proof
Preponderance of the evidence, usually with expert testimony on the standard of care.
A Oregon fact pattern
Medical malpractice in oregon.
Statute of limitations
2 years
Or. Rev. Stat. § 12.110(4)
Two years from discovery of the injury.
Repose: 5 years.
- Five-year outer wall from the treatment, with a fraud/deceit carve-out in the same subsection.