Nelson is employed by Thogmartin. Or should I say that he should say what Thogmartin wants him to say if he wants his job?A demonstrable untruth. Dr. Nelson is a chief medical examiner. Dr. Thogmartin is a chief medical examiner. Dr. Nelson is not his employee, and does not depend on Dr. Thogmartin for his job. So it is another spin, deception, what have you. The kindest I can say is it's deplorable willingness to say anything to make one's point, without bothering to check facts.
You sound upset by something.
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" But Dr. James Benz, who has fended off attacks on his own credibility, sidestepped the latest controversy to a certain extent after the associate medical examiner, Dr. Stephen Nelson, resigned recently to pursue other opportunities Nelson's resignation letter, effective May 15, is dated April 1 but wasn't sent to Assistant County Administrator Vince Bonvento until Wednesday, a few days after Bonvento told Benz of his concerns about Nelson's past"...
"Bonvento postponed the item for Tuesday's meeting when he learned for the first time of in Broward County...."
Nelson joined Benz's staff in 1993 after he quit the Broward Medical Examiner's Office amid charges that he botched a cause-of-death ruling, saying an 82-year-old Sunrise woman committed suicide. The woman's husband later confessed to strangling her...."
" Other controversies swirled around the clouded past of one of Benz's associates, Stephen Nelson, defense attorneys began using the issues to request second autopsies. "
Snips are from Sun-Sentinel 1996
The heck it is. Dr. Thogmartin alone had authority in this case. He was the boss. Dr. Nelson was there only at his invitation and his sufferance.