STORY: "Pathologist denies claims in lawsuit over death of child," by reporter Jason van Rassel, published in the Calgary Herald on July 24, 2012.

GIST: "The former Calgary pathologist being sued for erroneously classifying a toddler’s accidental death as a homicide has denied any wrongdoing in the case. A statement of defence filed in Court of Queen’s Bench on Monday said Dr. Michael Belenky’s findings in the two-year-old’s death were based on the best evidence available and were backed by his superiors at the time. “His conduct was at all times reasonable, skilful, careful and proper in every respect and within the standard of practice of a forensic pathologist practicing in the Province of Alberta,” reads the document.........The child’s family is suing Belenky, 48, along with Alberta justice and child welfare officials for $2 million. One of the allegations in the family’s suit is Belenky’s erroneous finding damaged the family’s reputation, and suspicion over the boy’s death in 2009 led to authorities placing his stepbrother, now five, in foster care for nearly two years......The boy was two years old when he suffered a fatal head injury while being looked after by his stepfather at their Calgary home on April 1, 2009. He died in hospital three days later and his brother was placed in foster care a short time after."

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