Former LA County Coroner’s Investigator Gets $8.4 Million in Lawsuit
“A former coroner’s office investigator was awarded $8.4 million on Friday, Dec. 17, in her lawsuit against Los Angeles County in which she said she was forced into early retirement in 2017 in retaliation for raising suspicions about the death of an 8-year-old disabled boy. A Los Angeles,” reports Los Angeles Daily News in their blog.
“Superior Court jury deliberated for less than a day before finding in favor of Denise Bertone, who also is a registered nurse. She was hired in 2002 and for years investigated the deaths of infants and children, according to her lawsuit filed in November 2018. Lawyers for the county denied that Bertone was subjected to retaliation and argued.”
