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Ore. ambulance company settling wrongful death lawsuit

Plaintiffs expect AMR to be ‘dismissed from case before trial’

By Maxine Bernstein
The Oregonian

PORTLAND, Ore. — The ambulance company that responded in 2006 to a police call involving James P. Chasse Jr. and the paramedics who examined him without taking him to a hospital are settling their part of a wrongful death federal lawsuit.

American Medical Response Northwest Inc. is the second party to the federal lawsuit to settle before a scheduled June trial, leaving the City of Portland and its officers as the
remaining defendants.

Last summer, Multnomah County settled for $925,000, and the settlement by AMR is reportedly about $600,000.

Full story: Attorneys: Paramedics acted in good faith