leilarose68
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I'm sorry, but no it isn't. ER docs especially are definitely not experts on any such thing. A forensic pathologist's job is literally to figure out whether or not a head injury could have been fatal or not and to suss out the injury pattern. That's what they're trained to do, what they're certified to do. ER docs are not. Neurosurgeons at least are experts of the brain, but even neurosurgeons do not do this. It's the forensic pathologists who do.
I'll also add that I've posted multiple links in this thread about contrecoup skull fractures and they do say that a single impact in the back of the head can cause fracture on the opposite side of the skull. No one has studied BS's case specifically so I can't provide data for that, but I think at this point, we should probably all realize that there was no baseball bat and no indication of any foul play.
Pretty sure ER docs and neurosurgeons operate on people with these fractures and are well aware of what's survivable and what's not. Neurosurgeons deal with fractures constantly; one can argue they have more experience with fractures than forensic pathologists who do not exclusively focus on the skull and brain. Neurosurgeons are far more experienced in matters of the brain than forensic pathologists.
And I've seen multiple forensic pathologists also say that the situation doesn't make sense-- one in particular is Dr. Cyril Wecht.