COFER v. ENSOR

83-898.

473 So.2d 984 (1985)

Robin M. COFER, as mother of Baby Cofer, deceased v. Herman C. ENSOR; Ensor, Baccus, Williamson, P.A.; Cullman Medical Center.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied July 3, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl E. Chamblee, Sr. and Gould H.K. Blair, Birmingham, for appellant.

Robert E. Parsons and Marda W. Sydnor of McDaniel, Hall, Parsons, Conerly & Lusk, Birmingham, for appellee Cullman Medical Center.


PER CURIAM.

This case presents an issue of first impression:

Does the minority of a parent of a deceased minor child toll the running of the two-year period for bringing an action under Code of 1975, § 6-5-391, for the wrongful death of the minor child?

Stated differently, and perhaps more precisely as to the dispositive questions involved, is the two-year limitations period found in § 6-2-38(a), applicable to § 6-5-391, a technical...

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