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Woman Sues Oregon Department Of Corrections Over Flu Death

(Wilsonville, OR)  --  A woman is suing the Oregon Department of Corrections after her mother died of the flu while incarcerated.  The 53-year-old was serving time at the Coffee Creek Women's Prison when she began coughing up blood.  She was taken to the hospital three days later where she died of organ failure.  Her daughter filed a lawsuit for seven-point-five million dollars for the death, which was reportedly caused by influenza with staph superinfection.

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