Legal Opinion
Evansville Courier & Press and Rita Ward v. Vanderburgh County Health Department
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided October 7, 2014No. 82S04-1401-PL-49PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MASSA, Justice.
This case presents the issue of whether the certificates of death that doctors, coroners, and funeral directors file with county health departments pursuant to Indiana Code chapter 16-37-3 are public records that a county health department must provide public access to under the Indiana Access to Public Records Act. We believe they are, and therefore we reverse the trial court.
Facts and Procedural History
A. The Creation of Indiana’s Death Record System
In 1881, preventable diseases caused 25% of deaths in Indiana. 19 Brevier Leg-is. Rep. 200 (1881). In addition to the obvious…
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