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Journal Article
Doctors urge courts to protect children from parental negligence
2019
Overview
Many Canadian physicians expressed anger, frustration and incredulity following the recent nonguilty verdict in the retrial of David and Collet Stephan, whose son Ezekiel died in 2012 from a treatable illness. One of these physicians is Dr. Linda Leblanc, a radiation oncologist in New Brunswick. She initiated a petition demanding action against the ruling, which gathered more than 2,600 signatures. Ezekiel died a few days shy of 19 months old, after several weeks of illness. His health deteriorated acutely in the days prior to his death. He was brought to a hospital only after he stopped breathing. An autopsy established the cause of death as bacterial meningitis. His parents were found guilty of failing to provide the necessaries of life for Ezekiel in the initial trial, in 2016. The Alberta Court of Appeals upheld the decision in 2017, but the Supreme Court of Canada ordered a new trial in 2018. On Sep 19, 2019, Justice Terry Clackson of the Alberta's Court of Queen's Bench overturned the original verdict.
