( March 12, 2026, 8:01 AM EDT) -- INDIANAPOLIS — A unanimous Indiana Supreme Court held that a trial court may bypass a medical review panel in a malpractice case and rule on an affirmative defense that does not require an expert opinion and further found that health care providers, while negligent in the treatment of a bed sore developed by a COVID-19 patient that ultimately proved fatal, were immune from civil liability under state and federal law....