The Nation - News from Aug. 4, 1985

New York City Coroner Eliott M. Gross said that he was innocent of medical misconduct charges and accused the state Health Department of joining “a lynch mob” seeking to force his resignation. Gross took a 60-day paid leave from his $90,000-a-year job when the department charged him with 11 instances of professional misconduct or negligence in nine cases, some involving persons who died in police custody. The charges are to be considered by a review board. If it upholds the charges, Gross could be warned, fined or censured, or have his medical license suspended or revoked.