Benauer v. Medical Center Hospital, Inc.

Full title: David BENAUER, a minor, etc. v. MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL, INC., etc., et al

Court: Supreme Court of Alabama

Date published: Jul 10, 1981

401 So. 2d 751 (Ala. 1981)

Opinion

80-162.

July 10, 1981.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Dallas County; Edgar P. Russell, Jr., Judge.

Carl Wade Robinson and Carl Ray Robinson, Bessemer, and Hogan, Smith Alspaugh, Birmingham, for appellant.

M.P. Ames of Reeves Stewart, J. Garrison Thompson of Pitts, Pitts Thompson, and Harry W. Gamble, Jr. of Gamble Gamble, Selma, for appellees.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed on the authority of Reese v. Rankin Fite Memorial Hospital, 403 So.2d 159 (Ala. 1981).

AFFIRMED.

TORBERT, C.J., and MADDOX, ALMON, SHORES and ADAMS, JJ., concur.

JONES, J., concurs specially.

FAULKNER and EMBRY, JJ., dissent.

BEATTY, J., recused.

JONES, Justice (concurring specially):

My views on the issues presented in this case are expressed in my special concurrence in Reese v. Rankin Fite Memorial Hospital, 403 So.2d 159 (Ala. 1981).

EMBRY, Justice (dissenting):

I would reverse and remand on the bases stated in my dissent in Reese v. Rankin Fite Memorial Hospital, 403 So.2d 159 (Ala. 1981).

FAULKNER, J., concurs.