YouTube Video Appears to Show Barred Medical Malpractice Evidence
A possible harbinger of things to come in the medical malpractice community, a video of sealed evidence from several of 122 medical malpractice cases against Dr. John A. King, appeared on the popular share site YouTube. A civil jury found Putnam General Hospital negligent for hiring Dr. John A. King which could potentially expose the hospital to further lawsuits alleging King harmed or even killed patients through unnecessary surgery and other malpractice during his six months there. The video allegedly shows videotaped pretrial deposition testimony from six of the plaintiffs. For five of those plaintiffs, it also shows apparent surveillance video or photos in an apparent effort to contradict their claims. The three-minute video appeared online June 26, more than three weeks after Putnam County Circuit Judge O.C. Spaulding barred both sides from releasing any information from the cases.
