State ex rel. Vencare, Inc. v. LaGrange Circuit Court

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

This Court issued an alternative writ of mandate directing the LaGrange Circuit Court to grant Vencare’s motion for change of venue and expunge certain discovery orders. We now make that writ permanent.

These proceedings are part of a controversy that began with the illness and death of Ashley Dalson. Ashley, an infant, was admitted to the LaGrange County Hospital on the afternoon of February 29, 1988, suffering from dehydration. She died that evening. Ashley’s hospital room was a double; she had shared it with a five-year-old girl.

Following Ashley’s death, two…