Tort cap limits payout to $4.2 million. Jury decides DHS’s failure led to a catastrophic brain injury to a 2-year old.
By Khushboo Rathore
Oregon Journalism Project
A Multnomah County jury recently found the state Department of Human Services liable for the catastrophic brain injury of a 2-year-old after failing to investigate a call made to the Child Abuse Hotline.
The jury awarded the child’s family $29.2 million, but because of a statutory