PORTLAND — The family of a 92-year-old Vancouver woman who died after ambulance workers who were transporting her allegedly dropped her onto a sidewalk has filed a $4 million lawsuit.
The Oregonian/OregonLive reported that the lawsuit was filed Monday in Multnomah County, Ore., Circuit Court against American Medical Response Northwest.
The suit claims that Ethel Watters broke six ribs and her collarbone on Nov. 2, 2018, when the two AMR employees allowed a gurney carrying Watters to tip over.
The lawsuit says Watters was being transferred from her home to a facility that could care for her cough that had been getting worse.
