University of Oregon Student Files $3M Suit over Slow Meningitis Diagnosis
A University of Oregon student seeks $3 million in a lawsuit against medical providers who she says failed to properly diagnose her with meningococcal disease in 2015.
The Register-Guard reported that Christina Jenkins’ lawsuit is the second from the disease outbreak that struck the campus in 2015.
The lawsuit asserts a physician’s assistant at an Oregon Medical Group clinic administered a nasal swab test for the flu. When that test came back negative, she advised Jenkins to drink more fluids and get some rest.
The lawsuit states that as a result of the delayed diagnosis, Jenkins went into septic shock, causing permanent damage to her heart and lungs.