Debra Watkins
Debra Watkins specializes in communications. She believes in helping others and has devoted herself to building coalitions to help the homeless and veterans. When her...
Medical Malpractice Patient
Demi Dominguez
Demi Dominguez was just about to graduate from Cal State Bakersfield with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology. Her plan was to go to graduate school...
Diane Stewart
In 2007, Diane Stewart received two knee replacements because of injuries she sustained in a car crash when she was younger. After the operation, she...
Don Stegman
After forty years of marriage, Don and Jill Stegman had it all—two beautiful children, a stable relationship, fulfilling careers. But a blood cancer led Don...
Doug Shulby
He was a father of two with a new RN certification. But without warning, Doug Shelby found himself in a medical emergency. Late one night in...
Elizabeth Brown
Elizabeth Brown was not a typical teenager. An exceptional student, she left home at fifteen to start college early. She made the dean’s list and even earned an opportunity to study abroad at Oxford University. She was also a talented musician. She...
Elizabeth Nicks
Elizabeth Nicks was a 12-year-old cheerleader. One day, during an aerial move, she fell to the ground when her fellow cheerleaders lost their grip. A...
Gary Rushford
The pain began in Gary Rushford’s foot and slowly slithered up to his heel, then his calf and then his thigh. It moved with all...
Harry Jordan
As told by Harry Jordan:I was brought into surgery at Long Beach Hospital (where I was a Board Trustee) in late 1982 when x-rays revealed...
Holly Harris
Holly Harris enjoyed a career in social services and healthcare as a staff trainer for a child abuse prevention agency in San Diego. She had...
Janet Garner
Janet Garner’s routine spleen removal surgery was completed without incident. After recovery, she left the hospital relieved, thinking that her medical woes had been taken care of....
Jennifer Ha
Jennifer Ha was a Vietnamese refugee and the matriarch of her thirteen-person household. She had orchestrated her family’s escape from Vietnam. At 38, she ran...