Oregon jurors order hospital to pay $2.4 million

Jurors on Tuesday ordered a Columbia Gorge hospital to pay $2.4 million in compensatory damages to three victims of an anesthesiologist now serving a 23-year sentence for sex abuse and rape. One woman was awarded $700,000, a second was awarded $800,000 and jurors said a third plaintiff should get $900,000, The Dalles Chronicle reported. The women had sought $6 million each. The jury returned its verdict Tuesday evening after beginning deliberations earlier in the day.