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WARD v. FORRESTER DAY CARE, INC.

87-1263.

547 So.2d 410 (1989)

Radney WARD, individually and as father and next friend of Radney Garrett Ward, a minor; and Margaret Ward v. FORRESTER DAY CARE, INC.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied June 16, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen G. Woodard of Cherry & Givens, Dothan, for appellants.

Huey D. McInish and William C. Carn III of Lee & McInish, Dothan, for appellee.

MADDOX, Justice.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur should apply to an injury allegedly occurring to an 11-week-old child while he was in a day care center.

On April 29, 1987, Radney Garrett Ward, an 11-week-old baby boy, was left at Forrester day care center in Dothan, operated by the defendant. The parents of baby Garrett, Radney Ward, Sr., and Margaret Ward, did not see their child until approximately...

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