Lyons v. Walker Regional Medical Center
Decision Date | 08 December 2000 |
Citation | 791 So.2d 937 |
Parties | Margaret LYONS, as the administratrix of the Estate of Kenneth Cook, deceased v. WALKER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER and Laurie Hunter. |
Court | Alabama Supreme Court |
Richard S. Jaffe, Stephen A. Strickland, and Cecilee R. Beasley of Jaffe, Strickland, Beasley & Drennan, P.C., Birmingham, for appellant.
Jasper P. Juliano and Dorothy A. Powell of Parsons, Lee & Juliano, P.C., Birmingham, for appellees.
Margaret Lyons, as administratrix of the estate of Kenneth Cook, filed a wrongful-death case against Walker Regional Medical Center and Laurie Hunter, a registered nurse employed by Walker Regional. Walker Regional and Hunter moved for a summary judgment. Initially, the trialcourt denied their motion. Walker Regional and Hunter asked the court again to grant their motion, and the court did. Lyons moved to alter, amend, or vacate the summary judgment, but the court denied her motion. Lyons appealed from the defendants' summary judgment. We reverse and remand.
In order to enter a summary judgment, the trial court must determine (1) that there is no genuine issue of material fact and (2) that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law. Rule 56, Ala.R.Civ.P. In order to defeat a defendant's properly supported motion for summary judgment, the plaintiff must present "substantial evidence," i.e., "evidence of such weight and quality that fairminded persons in the exercise of impartial judgment can reasonably infer the existence of the fact sought to be proved." West v. Founders Life Assurance Co. of Florida, 547 So.2d 870, 871 (Ala.1989). In determining whether a summary judgment was properly entered, the reviewing court must view the evidence in a light most favorable to the nonmovant. Long v. Jefferson County, 623 So.2d 1130, 1132 (Ala. 1993).
The trial court recited the following undisputed facts in its initial "Memorandum Opinion and Order" denying the defendants' motion for summary judgment:
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