Chief medical examiner put on paid leave

BURLINGTON — Dr. Steven Shapiro, Vermont’s chief medical examiner, has been placed on paid administrative leave by the state while it does an internal investigation, according to the commissioners of Health and Human Resources.
“Dr. Shapiro unequivocally denies any wrong doing,” Burlington lawyer Brooks McArthur said in a prepared statement on behalf of his client.
The complaint centers on Shapiro’s apparent reaction after a bungled incident within the Office of the