This Ex-JBLM Doctor Was Convicted of Sexual Abuse. Now, Former Patients Seek $100M
A law firm filed $100 million in federal legal claims Monday on behalf of 20 former patients of an ex-military doctor at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, who was sentenced to prison in January after admitting to sexually abusing three dozen men under his care. The Federal Tort Claims Act administrative complaints, lodged against the U.S. Army […]
Army Doctor Who Sexually Abused at Least 41 Patients Gets More than 13 Years in Jail
An Army physician has received the maximum sentence — 13 years and eight months in prison under a plea deal — for sexually abusing more than three dozen patients while working at Madigan Army Medical Center from 2019 to 2022. Maj. Michael Stockin was sentenced for the crimes on Wednesday during a court-martial at Joint […]
Army Doctor Files Guilty Plea in 41 Cases of Sexual Contact, Indecent Behavior with Patients
An Army anesthesiologist has pleaded guilty to the sexual abuse of dozens of patients in one of the largest such prosecutions involving a single perpetrator ever in the U.S. military. Maj. Michael Stockin entered a guilty plea at the start of his court-martial at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, on Tuesday, admitting to 41 violations of […]
Some Military Patients Left Without Heat for a Week at Texas Base During Blast of Frigid Weather
Barracks that house service members undergoing medical treatment at a Texas military hospital lost heat during frigid temperatures throughout the region last week, Military.com learned. Liberty Barracks, located on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, serves troops who are being treated at Brooke Army Medical Center. The heating stopped Jan. 15 in several rooms, and […]
Patients Still Haven’t Returned to Texas Medical Barracks Battling Legionella
Eight months after detecting Legionella, a medical barracks at Joint Base San Antonio is still shuttered to residents and employees. The barracks detected the bacteria, which can cause a severe type of pneumonia called Legionnaires’ disease, in its water this past September, forcing 100 residents and 50 employees in the building to relocate across the […]