The continuing legal bickering between Allegheny County's coroner and its district attorney appears to be straining the patience of a judge who already brokered one peace accord between the two last month.
Lawyers for District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. and Coroner Cyril H. Wecht agreed to cooperate with each other in two death investigations Thursday, but only after Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey A. Manning admonished them.
Zappala and Wecht have been at it since January. First, Zappala challenged the coroner's right to conduct open inquests. Then the district attorney launched a probe to determine whether Wecht was performing private forensic work on public time. Earlier this month, the FBI searched Wecht's office, seizing computers and log books.
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