Earnhardt Lawsuit: Volusia County has been barred from releasing autopsy photos of Dale Earnhardt, the famous NASCAR driver who perished on the last lap of Sunday’s Daytona 500. Circuit Court Judge Joseph G. Will granted the temporary injunction banning release of the photos after Earnhardt’s wife, Teresa, filed a lawsuit against the Volusia County Medical Examiner’s Office on Thursday. Daytona Beach attorneys representing Teresa Earnhardt filed the complaint seeking a temporary and permanent injunction after the coroner’s office released photos to the media that were taken inside her husband’s No. 3 Chevy a day after the crash. The court order prevents anyone from obtaining autopsy photos of Earnhardt’s body, Judge Will said. (Speed Magazine)(2-24-2001)
