Autopsy Photos UPDATE: Citing a loophole in a law named for racecar driver Dale Earnhardt, Volusia County’s medical examiner on Friday sought access to autopsy photos and videotapes so they can be used for education and training. The motion filed late Friday afternoon asks for court permission to use post-mortem photos and videotapes at an upcoming conference of medical examiners in Volusia County. The request did not specify which autopsy photos Dr. Thomas Beaver wants to use at the conference, which begins Oct. 31, but they will not include Earnhardt’s. A hearing on the request has not been scheduled(Orlando Sentinel)(10-14-2001) UPDATE: The attorney for a student-run newspaper filed an appeal Tuesday with the 5th District Court of Appeal, hoping to overturn a judge’s ruling denying it and two other parties access to autopsy photos of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, who died in February’s Daytona 500. The appeal was filed by Miami attorney Tom Julin on behalf of Gainesville’s Independent Florida Alligator. It wants the appeals court to overturn Circuit Judge Joseph Will’s June 13 ruling upholding the constitutionality of a new state law and barring the newspaper from gaining direct access to the photos.(Daytona Beach News Journal), for past news on this, see my Dale Earnahrdt: Reactons page(10-17-2001)
