The Supreme Court rejected an appeal yesterday from a student-run newspaper that wanted autopsy photos of race car driver Dale Earnhardt. The newspaper had challenged the constitutionality of a ...

Earnhardt's Autopsy Report NPR's Tom Goldman reports on the autopsy records of the late NASCAR great, Dale Earnhardt. An independent medical expert says Earnhardt died when his head whipped ...

If Dale Earnhardt had died in Maryland, the photographs from his autopsy would not be available as part of the public record. “In Maryland, autopsy photos are treated as confidential medical ...

March 9 -- Racing fans loved to see Dale Earnhardt ... under the state's public records law. But Earnhardt's family fears someone may use the autopsy photos for a more ghoulish purpose.

March 8 -- Lawyers battling over whether DaleEarnhardt's autopsy photos are public record ... letter Wednesday to lawyersfor both Teresa Earnhardt, Dale Earnhardt's widow, and The OrlandoSentinel ...

DAYTONA BEACH — Dale Earnhardt died from a ... A preliminary autopsy report released Monday evening finds that Earnhardt, 49, died of blunt-force trauma to the head and neck, but the report ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Dale Earnhardt died of blunt force injuries to the head, according to an autopsy completed Monday. But Dr. Thomas Parsons did not attempt to determine if a head and ...

The widow of racing great Dale Earnhardt pleaded for public support Sunday in helping the family keep the driver's autopsy private. "This is the first time I've spoken in public since we've lost ...

A court-appointed expert brought in as a part of a settlement with The Orlando Sentinel determined from autopsy photos that late race-car driver Dale Earnhardt did not die from a seat-belt failure. In ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An independent medical expert viewed images from Dale Earnhardt's autopsy Monday as part of a compromise between the driver's widow and the Orlando Sentinel.

Teresa Earnhardt doesn't believe those questions can be answered through her husband's autopsy records. "There is nothing to be gained by the release of these images from Dale's autopsy," she said.