Supreme Court of Alabama July 3, 1986, 85-36 (Howard v. Mitchell)

This is a wrongful death case in which the plaintiff, Betsy Jane Howard, filed suit against the defendants, Dr. Kermit Mitchell, Dr. Joseph Flippen, and Drs. Mitchell and Flippen, a partnership, alleging that negligence on their part proximately caused the death of her child. The defendants filed a motion for summary judgment, alleging that there were no genuine issues of material fact.