Alberta Meningitis Death

• Law professor says no guarantee of 3rd trial for parents in Alberta child’s death

  The Alberta Court of Appeal on Monday overturned a judge's acquittal in 2019 of David and Collet Stephan in the death of 18-month-old Ezekiel.

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  Mar 9, 2021
  
• Father accused in son’s meningitis death says boy wasn’t sick enough to make parents worry

  A father accused in his son's death testified Monday that the sick boy's condition worsened after he had appeared to be doing better, but not to the point where his parents were worried.

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  Jun 24, 2019
  
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• ‘My son’s not breathing’: 911 call played at meningitis death trial

  A naturopath has testified she recommended an Alberta couple take their toddler to an emergency room before he died of bacterial meningitis.

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  Jun 4, 2019
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• David and Collet Stephan’s retrial set to begin Monday in Lethbridge court

  The retrial for David and Collet Stephan is set to begin Monday in Lethbridge Provincial Court.

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  Jun 3, 2019
• Stephans won’t be getting money for legal fees in retrial of son’s meningitis death: Alberta judge

  David and Collet Stephan wanted $4 million to pay for past and future legal bills.

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  Jan 18, 2019
• Defence says jury was overwhelmed in trial of Alberta parents convicted in son’s meningitis death

  The defence says the barrage of evidence from three doctors unfairly distracted jurors from the real question of whether David and Collet Stephan did anything different from any other reasonable parent.

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  Mar 9, 2017