An appeal is being made to the Indiana Supreme Court over Vanderburgh Circuit Court Judge Carl Heldt’s ruling that cause-of-death data is not public record.
This week, Attoney General Greg Zoeller filed a request for the appeal to be heard, saying that “the ruling goes against state policy that death certificates should be available to the public.”
Read the AP article about the case in the October 21, 2013 edition of the Chesterton Tribune.