KNOWLES v. MODGLIN

88-1025, 88-1069 and 88-1158.

553 So.2d 563 (1989)

Bettie KNOWLES, et al. v. F. Rene MODGLIN, et al. Bettie KNOWLES, et al. v. DAMON REFERENCE LABORATORIES. HEMS BROTHERS MORTUARIES, INC. v. Bettie KNOWLES, et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

November 9, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Godwin, Atmore, for appellants/cross-appellees Bettie Knowles, et al.

James W. Tarlton III and Richard E. Corrigan of Hamilton, Butler, Riddick, Tarlton & Sullivan, Mobile, for appellant Hems Bros. Mortuaries, Inc.

A. Neil Hudgens, Michael S. McGlothren, and Thomas H. Nolan, Jr. of Brown, Hudgens, Richardson, Mobile, for appellees Dr. DeWitt T. Hunter, Dr. Tonie E. Leggs, Dr. F. Rene Modglin, and Dr. Choon S. Koo.

Norborne C. Stone, Jr., and Eaton G. Barnard of Stone, Granade, Crosby & Blackburn, Bay Minette, for appellee D.H. Cole.

Horace Moon, Jr. and William A. Donaldson, Mobile, for appellee Damon Reference Laboratories.


HOUSTON, Justice.

The issue presented in these cases is whether, consistent with the requirements of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, defendants D.H. Cole, Dr. DeWitt T. Hunter, Dr. Toni E. Leggs, Dr. F. Rene Modglin, and Dr. Choon S. Koo, who are all California residents, and Damon Reference Laboratories ("Damon") and Hems Brothers Mortuaries, Inc. ("Hems Brothers"), both of which are California corporations, have...

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