Frances Koe, M.D., and Wills Valley Family Medicine, LLC v. Donna Ratliff, as personal representative of the Estate of Rhoda Gail McBride, (Appeal from DeKalb Circuit Court: CV-18-900266).

• Court: Supreme Court of Alabama
• Decided: January 10, 2025
• Docket: SC-2023-0294
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA

January 10, 2025

SC-2023-0294

Frances Koe, M.D., and Wills Valley Family Medicine, LLC v. Donna Ratliff, as personal representative of the Estate of Rhoda Gail McBride, deceased (Appeal from DeKalb Circuit Court: CV-18-900266).

CERTIFICATE OF JUDGMENT

WHEREAS, the ruling on the application for rehearing filed in this case and indicated below was entered in this cause on January 10, 2025:

APPLICATION OVERRULED. NO OPINION. Sellers, J. -- Wise, Bryan, Mendheim, Stewart, Mitchell, and Cook., JJ., concur. Parker, C.J., dissents.

WHEREAS, the above referenced cause has been duly submitted and considered by the Supreme Court of Alabama and the judgment indicated below was entered in this cause on October 4, 2024:

REVERSED AND REMANDED. Sellers, J. – Wise, Bryan, and Mendheim, JJ., concur. Cook, J., concurs specially, with opinion. Mitchell, J., concurs in the result, with opinion. Parker, C.J., dissents. Stewart, J., dissents, with opinion.

NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to Rule 41, Ala. R. App. P., IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this Court's judgment in this cause is certified on this date. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, unless otherwise ordered by this Court or agreed upon by the parties, the costs of this cause are hereby taxed as provided by Rule 35, Ala. R. App. P.

I, Megan B. Rhodebeck, certify that this is the record of the judgment of the Court, witness my hand and seal.

Clerk, Supreme Court of Alabama