Evan Thomas King

A resident cuts off air to the brain causing a traumatic brain injury, but hospital staff lies to the patient’s family for months to cover up mitskae

Although he was a gifted athlete who excelled at basketball, John Ritchie suffered health problems for more than a decade related to…

16-month-old goes into surgery; doctors ignore signs of medical errors leading to her death.

She had been born with Treacher Collins syndrome, a rare birth defect that left underdeveloped

While waiting for an operation, a teenager is killed after two hospital staffers, unauthorized to help patients without supervision, botch pre-op care.

Olivia Cull was born with a defect that left one side of her heart smaller than the other.  She had surgery to…

After a surfboarding accident, a doctor fails to run an X-ray leading to a man’s death by brain hemorrhage.

Negligence at every step of the way leads to the death of an infant during delivery.

An easy pregnancy lead to only positive test results, doctors believed the birth of Zachary Diecker would be typical and he would…

Inadequate post-op care leads to woman’s asphyxiation.

Tamara Walter underwent a successful lap-band surgery at an outpatient surgery center, but her recovery was another story.

A simple toe fracture turns into a serious medical issue after an irresponsible surgery and overprescription

For pain from a fractured toe, a podiatrist used 19-year-old Tim McLennan as a guinea pig for experimental surgery.  Tom had suffered…

After a series of medical errors, from poor cleanliness standards to forgetting to feed her, a little girl dies of infection

Nora Bostrom had pulmonary hypertension that required her to use oxygen and take intravenous medications.  But in spite of these challenges she…

After a surgery removing stints in an attempt to relieve pressure after a long battle with illness. Physicians forget to monitor a young woman’s head pressure leading to her death.

Around the Fresno area, she was something of a minor celebrity, a buoyant teen beating the odds against a rare illness.  Brittany…

After suffering migraines, a woman goes into a risky invasive surgery without being prepped on the risks. Due to negligence, she suffers from a stroke and dies from complications.

After talking to a neurosurgeon about her history of migraine headaches, Robyn Frankel was told to undergo an invasive cerebral angiogram requiring…

Doctors fail to inform a woman of a much needed vaccine after surgery leading to the amputation of fingers, toes, and feet.

After a failure to run a blood test during chemotherapy, 20-year-old Shawn Rial dies of an infection with his immune system too weak to fight it.

Two months after his cancerous testical was removed, 20-year-old Shawn Rial underwent a week of inpatient chemotherapy.  His family was told testicular…

After two children are killed by a driver high on Opiates, it is revealed Kaiser responsible for endemic overprescription with no safeguards to keep addicts from doctor shopping.

Doctor ignored ever frequent contractions from overdue expecting mother. After being sent home numerous times, her daughter is stillborn

Beth Stover, 40, was past her due date when she went in for a stress test to determine if labor should be…

A toddler shows signs of a congenital heart disease and signs of high blood pressure. But when going into surgery the Doctor ignores the elevated risks and installs a device that malfunctions, leading to her premature death

Girl is misdiagnosed as having the flu, so her pneumonia goes untreated, leading to her death

She had a fever, vomiting and shortness of breath.  But when her mom took 10-year-old Daniela Zelig to the hospital, doctors took…

Woman goes in for abdominal surgery and contracts a flesh eating disease, exacerbated by a negligent doctor

Alicia Cole was a successful actress in Los Angeles for decades.  A Los Angeles native, she had spent many years working in…

Infant suffers from whooping cough during epidemic. But after a series of hospital visits doctors refuse to run tests that would have uncovered the illness leading to her death

The death of a six-week-old child from an illness that could have been easily diagnosed and suc