KMSP has recently called attention to the scandal and tragedy of the Markingson case in which a young man committed suicide while enrolled in a clinical trial at the University of Minnesota. The position of the university is that nothing wrong has been done by the U, the matter has been thoroughly investigated, nothing to see here. Move along.
If you have some time and have not already seen it, I'd urge readers to click the link above and have a look at the KMSP video.
Of course the university immediately tried to brush the matter off. As a recent post in MinnPost put it:
This is of course standard operating procedure by now at the U. What exactly were the inaccuracies and unsubstantiated claims? These blanket denials are insufficient given the evidence in the record.
One of the claims that the U has used many times is that sufficient investigation has already done that has exonerated the U of M. This claim has been demolished by Professor Trudo Lemmens, a faculty member in the law school at the University of Toronto. In an excellent summary Professor Lemmens has taken each of the proceedings the U claims has exonerated them and illustrates why this is not the case. I strongly recommend that anyone with an interest have a look at this summary on ScribD. (Unfortunately because of the way it is formatted and the length, it would be difficult to summarize here.)
I've posted before on the Markingson case at the University of Minnesota. See for example:
May 20, 2013: The Markingson Case: A Tragedy But Not A Scandal?
