Doctor facing 121 medical malpractice lawsuits has new trouble in Alabama
John A. King the embattled osteopathic physician who faces over one hundred medical malpractice lawsuits in West Virginia now faces the loss of his medical license in Alabama. The Alabama board of Medicine has cited two medical malpractice cases involving King which happened in October and November 2006. King was working at American Family Care when he apparently overdosed a woman with the antihistamine, Phenrgan that put her in a coma for 26 hours. The following day he overdosed a second patient with Phenergan and Valium. Larry D. Dixon, executive director of the Alabama medical board, signed a resolution adopted by the board on Jan. 2 stating King was “practicing medicine or osteopathy in such a manner as to endanger the health of the patients” and exhibited “a demonstrated lack of basic medical knowledge or clinical competency.” Since 2004, King has surrendered or had his license suspended in nine states: West Virginia, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia. He still holds licenses in Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, New York and Oklahoma. He is facing 121 medical malpractice suits in West Virginia. In response, King filed for personal bankruptcy in Alabama in November. After leaving West Virginia, he briefly legally changed his name to Christopher Wallace Martin and then changed it back.
