Almost $1B Civil case settled in opposition to former West Linn physician accused of abusing sufferers

MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. (KATU) — The final remaining defendant settled an almost $1 billion civil go well with in opposition to a disgraced West Linn physician—accusing him of abusing greater than 100 former sufferers.

The civil trial in opposition to David Farley, Legacy Health, Providence, and West Linn Family Health Center was scheduled to start Monday. Farley’s former sufferers accused him of sexually abusing them beneath the guise of medical care.

The revelations ultimately led to prison expenses in opposition to Farley and the revocation of his medical license.

Attorneys representing the previous sufferers have declined to touch upon the settlement, however court docket filings indicated Farley, West Linn Family Health, and Legacy already settled the case. The case in opposition to Providence was set to go to trial Monday earlier than the eleventh-hour settlement with Providence.

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As a part of the go well with, former sufferers sued Farley, two hospitals he labored in, and his well being clinic.

The saga began in 2020 when former sufferers got here ahead with accusations of sexual abuse that dated again years. The Oregon Medical Board opened an investigation the identical yr and located his conduct constituted sexual misconduct. Farley surrendered his medical license in October 2020.

The Clackamas County district legal professional was initially unsuccessful at securing prison expenses in 2022 when his workplace offered the case to a grand jury. Former sufferers criticized the investigation and referred to as on John Wentworth’s workplace at hand the case over the then-Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum.

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Wentworth formally requested an AG overview in December 2024. Attorney General Dan Rayfield ultimately took the case to grand jury and secured an indictment on intercourse abuse expenses in October 2025. Prosecutors added extra alleged victims and prison expenses in December.

The case additionally led state lawmakers to vary the legislation and make it simpler to prosecute docs for abusing sufferers after a KATU investigation discovered Oregon legislation trailed different states in criminalizing improper medical care that amounted to sexual abuse. However, the legislation was not retroactive and didn’t apply to Farley’s case. The grand jury indicted Farley on prison expenses that existed on the time of his alleged conduct.

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Farley pleaded not responsible to prison expenses and is out on bond whereas awaiting his trial. It’s unclear how this civil settlement will have an effect on the prison expenses.

A greenback quantity on the settlement can also be unclear right now. A decide set a listening to on Feb. 19 to debate the settlement.

Attorneys representing 174 sufferers despatched KATU the next assertion:

After 5 years, 174 brave survivors have secured a world settlement in opposition to West Linn Family Health Center, David Farley, Legacy Meridian Park Hospital, and Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center. This settlement holds these establishments accountable for devastating failures that allowed David Farley’s sexual abuse to proceed for many years and delivers long-awaited justice and closure to our shoppers of their civil combat.

However, our combat for justice continues: We stand with the Department of Justice of their prosecution of David Farley on 16 felony sexual assault expenses. Full justice will probably be achieved when this predator can’t lay one other hand on a toddler.

Our shoppers’ unbreakable resolve has sparked actual change throughout Oregon: a statewide chaperone coverage for delicate exams, prolonged statutes of limitations, the everlasting closure of West Linn Family Health Center, and stronger accountability from businesses that failed to guard them. These 174 voices turned silence into accountability and rewrote guidelines to stop future hurt.

That is braveness in its purest kind. That is bravery that can echo for generations.