MORE ON: Forensic Medical Group

Daily Report: Public Safety

Prosecutors failed to share autopsy review with murder defendants

May 4, 2012, 12:05 AM
After a Vallejo man’s body was discovered four years ago in a Solano County ditch, seven people were sent to prison for their roles in his death — based in part on an autopsy performed by Dr. Thomas Gill, then the county’s forensic pathologist. But during the case, the... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Solano County opens review into autopsies by doctor with checkered past

February 24, 2011, 5:07 PM
Solano County’s sheriff and district attorney are reviewing more than two dozen autopsies from homicide cases performed by a doctor with a history of errors and misdiagnosed rulings on causes of death. Sheriff Gary Stanton said his staff is checking 27 written autopsy reports filed by Dr... + read more
Spotlight: Public Safety

Autopsy firm’s high caseloads, practices lead to errors

February 5, 2011, 4:05 PM
Coroners in Northern California are farming out thousands of cases each year to a private firm whose doctors have dissected the wrong body and have given inaccurate testimony that helped send an innocent person to jail. + read more
Spotlight: Public Safety

Without competition, private firm reaps millions in autopsy work

February 5, 2011, 4:05 PM
Forensic Medical Group Inc. faced little competition as the private firm grew into Northern California’s largest autopsy provider. + read more
Spotlight: Public Safety

CHART: Caseloads exceed national standards

February 5, 2011, 4:05 PM
The National Association of Medical Examiners recommends that forensic pathologists perform no more than 250 autopsies a year. Forensic Medical Group doctors routinely exceed those limits. + read more
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