Malpractice or Murder? Trivia Quiz

Answer: He had the baby transferred 55 miles to another hospital in a private car rather than in an ambulance.

Three separate panels of Schug's peers had reviewed his case and determined that there was nothing he should have done differently. But the prosecution relied on a federal statute governing emergency transfers. A judge subsequently threw the criminal case out, but the child's parents still filed suit for malpractice.

Answer: Liposuction

Chavis was accused of a lot of irregularities in his liposuction practice, including not scrubbing, not adequately anesthetizing patients, and treating patients with serious complications in his home rather than in a hospital. Chavis had his license revoked, but the criminal charges were not pursued. Chavis died after being shot in a robbery.

Answer: She was his wife.

Reynolds tried to collect $500,000 on his wife's life insurance after she bled to death after he opened a two-foot long incision in her abdomen on September 7, 1989. Reynolds would not allow paramedics to aid her until he had finished closing the incision.

He told his wife's father that she was assisting in surgery and just "fell dead." Reynolds was found guilty of second-degree manslaughter but was sentenced to a fine of only $1. By the way, he had also performed numerous surgeries on his housekeeper as well, but she survived.

Answer: Sharon was over 24 weeks pregnant when Steir performed the procedure, in violation of California law.

Steir was on probation with the medical board for offenses dating back to 1988, and was not practicing with a "mentor physician" as his stipulated probation agreement required. Steir pleaded guilty to manslaughter just before the case went to trial.

Answer: The illegal sale of Oxycontin.

The patient died of polydrug toxicity after drinking rum and beer, ingesting Xanax tablets, and snorting crushed Oxycontin tablets which Deonarine had prescribed. A judge ruled that the sale of the Oxycontin and the patient's drug binge were separate events, and threw out the case.

Answer: Mr. Willt had already died of a stroke; Naramore was only halting futile efforts to resuscitate him.

Naramore was found guilty of the lesser charge of second-degree murder in Mr. Willt's death. Expert witnesses disagreed as to the diagnosis of Mr. Willt's condition during the time Naramore was treating him for what could have been a fatal stroke or a treatable hypoglycemic episode.

Answer: The murder charge was for killing the fetus; the mother survived the surgery.

Showery was convicted based on the testimony of his employees, in the absense of any physical evidence. There was no body, and no record identifying the mother or even the date the abortion supposedly took place. The employees insisted that instead of the expected dead fetus, Showery delivered a live, premature girl that he drowned in a bucket. He served five years before being freed on parole in 1989.

There's yet another interesting twist to the Showery case -- while he was out on bail pending appeal, a 21-year-old woman bled to death in his facility after an abortion. He faced involuntary manslaughter charges which were later dropped.

Answer: They overdosed on painkillers Henry had prescribed for them.

Henry prescribed large amounts of painkillers, often without even examining patients. He said he was just substituting safe prescriptions for drugs the patients were addicted to and would otherwise have obtained in uncontrolled circumstances.

Answer: All of them.

Bondy was a lifetime sufferer of apotemnophilia, which is the overwhelming desire to amputate a perfectly healthy limb.

Answer: He was sentenced to die even though Loretta's body was never found.

Rongetti had allegedly performed the fatal operation upon Loretta, who suffered complications. But, the court heard, he refused to provide a follow-up procedure because Loretta had no money to pay for it. Rongetti's defense claimed that Loretta came to him at a hospital after having undergone an illegal abortion elsewhere.