The Last Drop of Blood

About the Book

This book is the outgrowth of one of J. Stephen Funk’s major injury lawsuits, one in the 1970s, where the dishonesty and a “conspiracy of silence” by the medical profession supported a negligent doctor’s efforts to maintain his exalted and privileged place in society. In real life, he exposed the doctor’s duplicity for all to see, and provided an orphaned child just legal compensation for the loss of her young and innocent mother. In “Last Drop of Blood,” the heartless and amoral doctor, his wife and her father will stop at nothing to conceal the truth. The widowed husband and a courageous, young nurse provide the help a relentless attorney needs to expose the conspiracy. Through twists and turns, the unexpected ending reveals itself to be more just and satisfying than predictable.

About the Author

J. Stephen Funk was a trial attorney for 48 years and as he describes himself, an adrenaline junkie. The highs and lows of a trial practice were addictive. As much as he hated losing, he loved winning. Funk started as a deputy prosecutor for King County in Seattle, really a civil counsel to various county agencies and school districts. He soon discovered his sympathies were more for the injured children than for the school districts he represented, and after two years, switched sides. He found his greatest satisfaction in defeating, not only school districts, but insurance companies and big businesses which injured and cheated the public. “The Last Drop of Blood” comes from the history of his practice and from his heart. He currently resides in Bellevue, a suburb of Seattle, with his wife of 52 years, and close to his two children and four clever grandchildren to whom he devotes as much of his time as he can when he’s not writing.