PHILIP v. CRONIN

No. 06-1860.

537 F.3d 26 (2008)

Abraham PHILIP, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. John CRONIN, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 7, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel S. Sharp with whom Elaine Whitfield Sharp and Whitfield Sharp & Sharp were on brief for appellant.

Mary O'Neil, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Martha Coakley, Attorney General, was on brief for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, O'CONNOR, Associate Justice, and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.


LYNCH, Chief Judge.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Massachusetts has had a troubled history. This lawsuit is brought by a disgruntled former contract medical examiner, Dr. Abraham Philip, against the administrator of that office, John Cronin.

In November of 2000 the National Association of Medical Examiners ("NAME") conducted an audit and filed a report critical of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for Massachusetts ("OCME"). (OCME had...

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