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John Verrier, a 30-year-old man who went to a Bronx, New York, hospital emergency room because of a skin rash, waited more than eight hours to see a doctor. A security guard found him “stiff, blue...
DATE: June 8, 2014 | COLUMN: Coroner's Report
“Oh dear, oh dear ... our Dad is dead Yesterday, the will was read. Stepmother Jane got all the dough None of us liked her much, you know. Even though Dad was awfully sick We know she gave him...
DATE: May 11, 2014 | COLUMN: Coroner's Report
Nicole Leigh Redhorse was only 34 years old, and her 2007 death was a tragedy with elements of sex, murder and betrayal. Nicole was young, beautiful, brilliant, beloved and an alcoholic. Nicole’s...
DATE: April 13, 2014 | COLUMN: Coroner's Report
Philip Seymour Hoffman, described in The New York Times as “perhaps the most ambitious and widely admired American actor of his generation,” died in a Greenwich Village apartment on Feb. 2 with a...
DATE: March 9, 2014 | COLUMN: Coroner's Report
Richard Nieuwenhuizen, a 41-year-old volunteer linesman officiating at an amateur soccer game in the Netherlands, died in December 2012 after he was allegedly kicked in the head, neck and body by...
DATE: Feb. 8, 2014 | COLUMN: Coroner's Report
CNN has reported doctors taking the examinations required for board certification in their specialties have been cheating on those tests for years. If they’re right about what constitutes cheating,...
DATE: Jan. 12, 2014 | COLUMN: Coroner's Report
Years ago, when my friend Franz Kriwanek killed himself, I felt not only grief and loss but a great sense of failure. Franz was an artist and an accomplished potter. Born in Austria, he was...
DATE: Dec. 8, 2013 | COLUMN: Coroner's Report
Dr. Keith Campbell, the British scientist whose research in cell biology led to the 1996 cloning of Dolly the sheep, died at 58. A clone is a fully functioning, living copy created from a single...
DATE: Nov. 10, 2013 | COLUMN: Coroner's Report
According to the Albuquerque Journal, the New Mexico Court of Appeals has upheld a $100,000 sanction levied against the regents of the University of New Mexico for witness intimidation. The...
DATE: Oct. 12, 2013 | COLUMN: Coroner's Report
Medical examiners have to decide the cause and manner of death when somebody dies under their jurisdiction. That’s not all they have to decide. Sometimes, they have to decide whether to allow...
DATE: Sept. 8, 2013 | COLUMN: Coroner's Report
As a kid, I was a loner. I don’t recall much teasing or bullying, just isolation. I wished for friends, but my interests (anything to do with science) were so different from the interests of most...
DATE: Aug. 11, 2013 | COLUMN: Coroner's Report
Sometimes, my colleagues report cases in which palliative or comfort care crosses the line into euthanasia. Palliative care is intended not to treat illness or prolong life but to keep someone with...
DATE: July 7, 2013 | COLUMN: Coroner's Report
Herald readers share their photos from the 416 Fire and support of firefighting efforts. If you have photos to share, please email claws@bcimedia.com. Reminder: do not go to the fire to take photos. Please stay clear of the area. Also, do not fly drones over the fire area; it is illegal.
