Medical Examiner Yet to Take State Oath
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Story Created:
Sep 7, 2011 at 10:44 PM CDT
Story Updated:
Sep 7, 2011
The county clerk says there is no record of Stern ever taking her oath which is a requirement of the position. Corinne Stern has held the position of medical examiner since early 2007. So the question that's arising now is ... Could her findings and conclusions in all previous cases be thrown out?
"I'm sure that when she came in as a medical examiner, she should know by the state what requirements she has."
When Webb county attorney Anna Laura Cavazos first heard the news last week that medical examiner Corinne Stern had not taken her state oath of office, she immediately started looking into the matter.
"As of late friday afternoon, we checked with county clerk she was not able to find an oath of office."
"We checked our bonds and we checked our oath, but i don't have anything on file as of now.”
That brings up many questions including why she hasn't yet taken her oath... especially since she has been the medical examiner since 2007.
County attorney Cavazos says she recently received a call from an attorney working on a local case... questioning whether or not stern had taken her oath.
"Until such time as she has taken the oath with appointment as medical examiner then everything she did prior to that is void."
She goes into the consequences further and explains just how it could effect all the cases stern has worked on.
"It doesn't change the result, it only changes her authority to give the conclusions that she did as result as examiner."
Although the county is currently investigating this issue, Cavazos is looking into a similar case dealing with a judge who never took his oath.
"We did receive a citation of a case where that happened to a visiting judge, but a visiting judge is not a medical examiner so we are going to research and see how applicable it is."
According to constitutional law, the county judge is required to take the necessary actions to make sure Stern is not working as the medical examiner without taking her oath. We tried to contact Stern, but never got a response.
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X-Laredo Onda said on Tuesday, Sep 13 at 12:33 PM
Is anyone besides me curious as to why Ms. Ana Laura Cavasos-Ramirez Jr. the III, Smith is sooooo interested in ousting Dr. Stern…? Let me guess, she is going to or has represent(ed) that ANIMAL who viciously and brutally MURDERED Katy Cardenas and wants her client to be free.
73750249Reader said on Saturday, Sep 10 at 10:17 PM
Laredo has a bunch of HATERS!! What does a person's hair have to do with anything. Laredo is full of stupid and ignorant people. Some things never change.I am soo glad I do not live in Laredo anymore! All this is a much of nonsense about an oath that the county officials should have requested from her when she was newly hired. All this is about nothing to do with her expertise. Stop hating!!
73651969she needs a haircut said on Thursday, Sep 8 at 5:12 PM
She really needs to go to the mall and get a professional looking haircut, she looks like a tramp.
73563639Anonymous said on Thursday, Sep 8 at 2:09 PM
So, she's solely responsible for taking the oath, or is some dim wit required to make sure she has? Whose responsibility is it and why does this incompetent person still have a job? Typical Laredo ignorance. I suppose she didn't take the oath so that she can lie about facts and not be held accountable. When does the ignorance end with these people running things here?
73554143another one said on Thursday, Sep 8 at 2:03 PM
First of all she has employees without a medical license, certificate, nursing of anything, cut open her bodies for preperation for removal of autopsy organs. I dont know about you, but i think that the medical board does not allow non-medics to perform such acts on a body. Especially when you are holding a degree other than the one that is related to a medical field. but then again this is Laredo and of course they went with the lowest bidder. So as far as an Oath is concerned, does it really surprise anyone anymore?
73553817X-Laredo Onda said on Thursday, Sep 8 at 11:52 AM
Why you ask? It is a fairly large city with a whole lotta nothing around it and a slightly off-beat way of doing things. Great place to hide, start a new life etc.
73546419who hired her said on Thursday, Sep 8 at 11:23 AM
we all knew including the webb county people that she had a truobled past, why is Laredo a refuge for crooks, killers, and people with troubled past???
73544841X-Laredo Onda said on Thursday, Sep 8 at 8:33 AM
She is a licensed physician who plays with dead people. I'm sure that she is more than qualified to determine how someone died. I know, you all can get Raulito to become the new M.E.
73535802Anonymous said on Wednesday, Sep 7 at 11:13 PM
msnbc.msn.com/id/30157238/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/doctor-baby-murder-case-stands-autopsy/ Enough Said
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