#Evansville courier and press trial

#Evansville courier and press trial

When reviewing a summary judgment ruling, our standard of review is the same as that of the trial court: summary judgment is appropriate only where there is no genuine issue of material fact and a party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. After a hearing, the court denied the motion and entered judgment in the Health Department's favor. The plaintiffs moved for summary judgment, and the parties submitted briefs and designations. The Courier & Press and Ward subsequently filed a complaint against the Health Department in the Vanderburgh Circuit Court alleging an APRA violation and seeking an order compelling access to the death certificates. The Health Department denied the request. In July 2012, the day after the amended advisory opinion was issued, the Courier & Press submitted a written request to the Health Department for access to all of its death certificates since the beginning of May 2012. However, in an amended advisory opinion, the Public Access Counselor concluded that the denial was improper. The Public Access Counselor issued an advisory opinion that the Health Department's denial did not violate the APRA. Ward then filed a formal complaint with the Public Access Counselor. In June 2012, Ward submitted a written request to the Health Department for access to its May 2012 death certificates. The sole issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in determining that the Health Department did not violate the APRA in denying the death certificate requests. Because our statutes indicate death certificates are public records that may be disclosed only in certain circumstances not present here, we affirm.

When their requests were denied, they alleged a violation of the Access to Public Records Act (“APRA”) and sought a trial court order compelling the Health Department to give them access. The Evansville Courier & Press and Rita Ward asked the Vanderburgh County Health Department to give them access to death certificates. Harrison, Jr., Massey Law Offices, LLC, Evansville, IN, Attorney for Appellee. Wilson, Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Hoosier State Press Association Foundation. Blanton, Ziemer, Stayman, Weitzel & Shoulders, LLP, Evansville, IN, Attorneys for Appellants. VANDERBURGH COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, Appellee–Defendant.

Edward J.EVANSVILLE COURIER & PRESS and Rita Ward, Appellants–Plaintiffs, v.

Karl Kae Knecht, cartoonist and photographer.

They include the 20 Under 40 award for emerging community leaders and Star Students, which salutes 90 outstanding high school juniors in southwest Indiana, west-central Kentucky and southeastern Illinois. In recent years, the Courier & Press has introduced several new community recognition events. As part of the newspaper's 150th anniversary, it planted 150 trees on the University of Southern Indiana campus. The newspaper is known for its dedication to community service and commitment to education.

In 2010, staff photographer Denny Simmons was named the Indiana News Photographers Association (INPA) Photographer of the Year. In 2005, the ourier & Press photography staff won the Pictures of the Year International 'Best Use of Photography' Award for papers with circulation under 100,000. The newspaper was a finalist for the same award in 20. In 2002, 2004, 20 the newspaper was named the state's ' Blue Ribbon Daily' by the Hoosier State Press Association. In 2015, the newspaper was purchased by Gannett Company. The Courier was renamed the Courier & Press. The two newspapers continued to publish separate editions until the Evansville Press was discontinued as a separate newspaper on December 31, 1998. The joint Sunday edition was replaced by a Sunday edition of the Courier. Scripps Company sold the Press and bought the Courier in 1986. The two papers retained separate staffs and editorial policies, but published a joint Sunday edition with two editorial pages from the two papers. In 1938, the two papers formed a joint operating agreement to handle business affairs. Scripps as an afternoon daily.īoth papers were separate and fierce competitors until 1937, when the Evansville Press was flooded and the Evansville Courier agreed to print their competitor's paper. The Evansville Press was founded in 1906 by Edward W. Its first issue was printed two years before the city had a charter. The Evansville Courier was founded in 1845 by William Newton, a young attorney.