EX PARTE COOTS

87-520.

527 So.2d 1292 (1988)

Ex parte Daniel G. COOTS, as administrator of the Estate of Sheila K. Coots, deceased. (In re Daniel G. COOTS, as administrator of the Estate of Sheila K. Coots, deceased, et al. v. John B. ISBELL III, et al.)

Supreme Court of Alabama.

June 17, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Cooper, Valley Head and David Leon Ashford, Birmingham, for petitioner.

W. Stanley Rodgers and Patrick M. Lamar of Ford, Caldwell, Ford & Payne, Huntsville and W. Hill Sewell of Starnes & Atchison, Birmingham, for respondents.


SHORES, Justice.

The sole issue presented by this petition for writ of mandamus is whether the trial court abused the discretion permitted in discovery matters in prohibiting the plaintiffs from using the deposition of a licensed physician expert as substantive evidence in the trial of the case.

The action underlying this petition is a medical malpractice action in which the plaintiffs allege that the defendants negligently treated Sheila Coots, who died after...

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