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The undersigned attorney,

Dennis

Steinman

of

Kell,

Aterman

 

Runstein,

L L P 

rep

rese

nts

Li

sa

Fe

ehe

ly,

the P

erso

nal

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epr

ese

ntat

ive

fo

r t

he E

stat

e of

Ch

risto

phe

r Patr

ick

Cra

wfo

rd

( C

laim

ant

 ).

C

orr

esp

ond

enc

e

con

cern

ing

this

lett

er

sho

uld

be

dir

ecte

d to

the

atte

ntio

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nis

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at

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ty

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ge 2

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or dam

ag

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clud

but

are

no

t lim

ite

d to

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laim

s

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rw

ron

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l

dea

th, v

iol

atio

ns

of

stat

e

wh

istl

ebl

owe

r r

eta

liat

ion

law

s

and

viol

atio

ns

o

f

the U

ni

ted

Sta

tes

Co

nst

itut

ion

.

2

.

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he

tim

pla

ce

an

d c

irc

ums

tan

ce

s giv

ing

r

ise to

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laim

an

ts

clai

ms

 

so

fa

r as

pre

se

ntly k

no

wn

  a

re as

foll

ow

s;

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n

Sep

tem

be

r

199

Ch

rist

oph

er P

at

rick

Cr

aw

ford

wa

s a

dm

itte

d to

OS

H

af

ter b

ein

g

fou

nd

gui

lty

e

xce

pt

for

insa

nit

o

n c

erta

in cri

min

al c

harg

es

and

pla

ced

un

de

r th

e ju

ris

dic

tio

nof

th

e

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chi

atri

c Se

cu

rity

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ev

iew B

oar

d

fo

r a

pe

rio

d n

ot

to

exc

eed

40

yea

rs.

Mr.

Cra

wf

ord

s

uff

ere

d from

bi

pol

ar

di

sord

er

bu

t wa

s

a ve

ry

hig

h fu

nc

tion

ing

pa

tie

nt for

n

ea

rly

all o

fh

is tim

e

a

t

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SH

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eg

inni

ng i

n

l

ate

201

ho

we

ver

  Mr.

Cra

wfo

rd

 s p

hys

ica

l

con

dit

ion

det

erio

rat

ed

cul

min

atin

g

in

his d

eat

h on

Jan

ua

ry

3

2

014

.

Mr. Crawford s

decline

was preceded

by

an

event

that

occurred

in

or

around

August

2

013

.

At t

hat

ti

me

  Mr.

Cra

wf

ord

lear

ned

tha

t a

n O

SH

nu

rse

  J

en

nife

r Ba

rren

 

was

en

gag

ed

in

a

se

xu

al

re

latio

ns

hip

wit

h a

n O

SH

p

ati

ent.

M

r. C

ra

wfo

rd

re

por

ted

the

r

ela

tion

sh

ip

to

t

wo

su

pe

rvis

ors

at O

SH

 

wh

o to

ld M

r.

Cra

wfo

rd

tha

t they

we

re aw

are

o

f t

he

rel

atio

nsh

ip

and

th

at

Mr.

Cr

aw

ford

sh

oul

d kee

p th

e

inf

orm

at

ion

con

fid

ent

ial.

M

r.

C

raw

for

d

bel

iev

ed

tha

t M

s. B

arre

n s

b

eh

avio

r w

as

ext

rem

el

y

ina

ppr

opr

iate

and

th

at

OS

H w

as

ask

ing h

im

to c

oll

ude

in

ke

ep

ing

h

er co

ndu

ct

co

nfid

en

tial.

M

r.

Cra

wfo

rd

d

id

no

t

be

lie

ve tha

t

th

is wa

s

rig

ht

an

d

m

ad

e

th

e

de

cis

ion to

con

tac

t

th

e m

ed

ia

and

po

lice

a

bou

t the

ina

pp

rop

riat

e re

lati

ons

hip

. M

r.

Cra

wf

ord

co

nta

cte

d re

por

ters

fro

m

T

he

O

reg

oni

an a

nd

the

S

tate

sm

an-

Jou

rna

l b

oth

of

wh

om

inv

est

iga

ted th

e

info

rm

ati

on p

ro

vid

ed

by

Mr.

C

ra

wfo

rd

an

d

su

bs

equ

ent

ly

w

ro

te a

rtic

les

abo

ut

Ms. Barren s inappropriate relationship.

Mr.

Crawford

also

rep

orte

d

Ms

. Ba

rre

n s

con

du

ct

t

o th

e

Or

eg

on

S

tate P

oli

ce.

A

fter

Mr

. Cr

aw

ford

 s

rep

ort

s

t

o

the

m

ed

ia

and

law

en

forc

em

en

t  O

SH

 s t

rea

tme

nt

of

him

c

ha

nge

d.

OS

H

had

rec

ent

ly b

een

the

sub

jec

t o

f

an in

ve

stig

atio

n b

y t

he

U

.S.

D

ep

artm

en

t of

J

ust

ice

an

d m

any

O

SH

e

mpl

oye

es

we

re

ups

et

tha

t

M

r.

C

ra

wfo

rd s

rep

or

ts

cou

ld d

raw

ad

dit

ion

al

s

cru

tin

y to

the

h

osp

ita

l. In

O

cto

be

r 20

13

OS

H t

ran

sfe

rred

Mr.

Cra

wf

ord

aw

ay f

rom

t

he

un

it

at

wh

ich

he

ha

d

bee

n liv

ing

,

Bri

dge

T

wo

. B

rid

ge

Tw

o w

as th

e

leas

t re

str

icti

ve

w

ar

d a

t O

SH a

nd

al

low

ed

pat

ien

ts th

e

grea

tes

t l

eve

l o

f f

ree

dom

.

On

Bri

dge

Tw

o

M

r.

C

raw

for

d s

li

mit

ed

m

ed

ica

tion

wa

s

we

ll-m

an

age

d; h

e w

as

ab

le

to

par

tici

pat

e

in

a

nu

mb

er o

f

OS

H

s pr

ogr

am

s a

nd

ac

tiv

ities

 

a

nd

h

e

en

joy

ed

a

re

lat

ive

ly

inde

pe

nde

nt l

ifes

tyle

.

Wi

tho

ut

ju

stif

ica

tio

n, M

r. C

raw

for

d

w

as

mo

ve

d fr

om

B

rid

ge T

wo

to

Un

it B

ird

Tw

o. U

nit

B

ird

Tw

o wa

s

on

e o

f the

mo

st re

stricted

w

ard

s at

OS

H w

he

re p

ati

ent

s h

ad

co

nsta

nt

su

per

visi

on

and w

er

e

ofte

n hea

vil

y

me

dic

ate

d.

L

ife o

n

U

nit B

ird

Tw

o w

as

m

uc

h

w

ors

e

for

M

r. C

raw

for

d.

H

is m

ove

me

nts

we

re

m

uch

m

or

e r

est

rict

ed  a

nd

h

e wa

s

sub

jec

ted

to o

ne

on

 on

e mo

nit

orin

g

in

whi

ch

anO

SH

sta

ff

m

em

ber

f

ollo

we

d his

m

ov

em

en

ts

at a

ll ti

me

s. H

e

wa

s n

o lo

ng

er

able t

o

par

tici

pat

e in t

he p

rog

ram

s

a

nd

ac

tiv

ities

tha

t

ha

d

pr

evio

us

ly b

ee

n a

la

rge

pa

rt o

f h

is

tr

eat

me

nt.

Mo

st s

ign

ific

an

tly,

M

r.

C

raw

fo

rd s

m

edic

ati

on

wa

s

cha

nge

d

d

ram

ati

cal

ly.

W

her

eas

  t

he

me

dic

ati

on

that

Mr.

C

ra

wfo

rd r

ece

ive

d

on B

rid

ge T

wo

w

as

w

ell

-ba

lan

ced a

nd

a

llow

ed

him

to lea

d

a fu

nct

ion

al

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M ich

ae l

Jorda

n

O

R De

part

ofA

dmin

  Se

rvs

Ke

ll, Al

term

an

 

R

uns

tei

n L.L

.P

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nne

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an

O

R Hea

lth Aut

horit

y

Dec

emb

er   2

014

Page

3

s

ocial

l

ifesty

le  the

med

icatio

n

t

hat

he recei

ved

on U

nit

Bir

d

Tw

o

put hi

m

in a

st

ate of ne

ar-

co

nsta

nt se

dation

.

No

t

lo

ng

after h

is tran

sfer

t

o

U

nit

Bird Two

an

d c

hang

e in

med

icatio

n

Mr. C

raw

ford

b

egan

ex

press

ing to h

is

frien

ds

at the

ho

spita

l

th

at h

e fear

ed

fo

r

his

lif

e bec

ause

of the

chang

es

t

hat

OSH

had

made

to

his tre

atme

nt. On

Jan

uary

3

 

201

4

Mr. C

raw

ford

s fe

ars w

ere

realiz

ed

and

he was

fo

und d

ead

in his

room

.

Th

e

toxic

olog

y repo

rt reve

aled a

mix

ture

of

at leas

t eig

ht

dif

feren

t drug

s inM

r.

Cra

wfor

d s syste

m.

OSH

a

nd i

ts a

gents owe

d

a d

uty

to M

r. Craw

ford

to k

eep

him saf

e

from

h

arm

. In

stead

 

OSH

re

taliat

ed

again

st   r 

Cra

wfor

d be

caus

e

h

e h

ad rep

orted

u

nlaw

ful con

duct

o

f an

OSH

em

ploy

ee

to

th

e

medi

a.

In do

ing s

o

OSH s

ubje

cted

Mr. C

rawf

ord

to an un

nece

ssary

an

d

de

struc

tive

m

edi

catio

n regim

en th

at s

ignif

ican

tly im

pai

red his

qu

ality

o

f life

an

d led

to his

untimely

death on January

2014.

OSH s

employees

were

deliberately indifferent

to

M

r. C

rawfo

rd s

righ

ts a

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cc:

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