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Dr. Laura King got fired for the first time in her life at the age of 42. At the time, she was

working for the coroner's office in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, a leafy suburb of New

Orleans. As anyone who's ever watched a police procedural knows, corners are responsible

for determining the cause of death when people die in sudden,

violent, or unexpected ways. A key part of this process is toxicology testing, which involves

analyzing the deceased's bloodstream for drugs, alcohol, and other toxins. The St. Tammany Corner

had always outsourced its toxicology testing to the state police.

But around 2007, they got a federal grant to create their own toxicology lab.

And they hired Laura King, who has a PhD in toxicology, to run it.

Laura was excited about the opportunity.

But just a few weeks into the job, she began to regret her decision.

The coroner's office was a difficult place for me to work. They did not want to have anything

put in writing. They did not want to have a human resources manual. They were not professional.

The coroner himself, Dr. Peter Galvin, an internist with his own private practice, was perhaps the least professional of all.

The coroner, Peter Galvin, would repeatedly hug and kiss me whenever he saw me because that was his personal habit.

And even when he was told to stop doing that, he refused saying that he was a doctor

and he healed with his hands.

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