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No autopsy, please

A word from a med-mal defense lawyer regarding "A 1 in 1.09 quintillion Chance" (Jul. 28): plaintiff's lawyers never allow an autopsy if they can help it. An autopsy more often than not sinks their case, as your story proves. -- John Schedler, Seattle, Wash.

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