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ANDERSON v. GEORGE H. LANIER MEMORIAL HOSP.

Nos. 91-7522, 91-7731.

982 F.2d 1513 (1993)

Mildred ANDERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GEORGE H. LANIER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Defendant, Surgidev Corporation, Defendant-Appellee, CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY HOSPITAL SOCIETY, INC., d/b/a George H. Lanier Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. The BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF The UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, A Body Corporate for the University of Alabama in Birmingham; Hugh Davis and Howard D. Clem, Sr., Third-Party Defendants-Cross-Appellees. Floareod HODO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GEORGE H. LANIER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Defendant, Surgidev Corporation, Defendant-Appellee, Chattahoochee Valley Hospital Society, Inc., d/b/a George H. Lanier Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home, Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama, A Body Corporate for the University of Alabama in Birmingham; HUGH DAVIS and HOWARD D. CLEM, SR., Third-Party-Defendants-Cross-Appellees, Alabama Hospital Association Trust, Defendant-Intervenor. Jack LINDSEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GEORGE H. LANIER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Defendant, Surgidev Corporation, Defendant-Appellee, Chattahoochee Valley Hospital Society, Inc., d/b/a George H. Lanier Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home, Defendant-Third-Party Appellee-Cross-Appellant, The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama, A Body Corporate for the University of Alabama in Birmingham; HUGH DAVIS and HOWARD D. CLEM, SR., Third-Party-Defendants-Cross-Appellees, Alabama Hospital Association Trust, Defendant-Intervenor. Charles WILLIAMS, an Individual, Plaintiff-Appellant, Marlene Williams, an Individual, Plaintiff, v. Vicki L. TORSCH, as Executrix of the estate of Theodore Torsch, Deceased, Defendant, CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY HOSPITAL SOCIETY, INC., d/b/a George H. Lanier Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home, Defendant-Appellee, Third Party Plaintiff-Cross-Appellant, v. The BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF The UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, a Body Corporate for the University of Alabama in Birmingham; HUGH DAVIS and HOWARD D. CLEM, SR., Third Party Defendants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 12, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Lucas, Lucas, Alvis & Kirby, Birmingham, AL, John A. Tinney, Roanoke, AL, Elizabeth Powell Jones, Birmingham, AL, for appellants.

A. Joe Peddy, Smith, Spires & Peddy, Ina B. Leonard, Office of Counsel, Edward J. Kennedy, III, Robert D. Norman, Norman, Fitzpatrick, Wood, Williams & Parker, Birmingham, AL, for third-party defendants.

Joe Espy, Les Hayes, III, Melton, Espy, Williams & Hayes, Montgomery, AL, for appellees in No. 91-7522.

John A. Tinney, Roanoke, AL, Roger Lucas, Birmingham, AL, for Williams.

Les Hayes, Melton, Espy, Williams, & Hayes, Montgomery, AL, for Chattahoochee Valley in No. 91-7731.

Before HATCHETT, EDMONDSON and BIRCH, Circuit Judges.

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we reverse the district court's grant of summary judgment to a hospital because a jury must decide the applicable statute of limitations period according to the law of the state of Alabama.

I. BACKGROUND

The four appellants in these consolidated cases, Charles Williams, Mildred Anderson, Jack Lindsey, and Floareod Hodo, were patients of Dr. Theodore Torsch, an opthalmologist. Each of the appellants underwent...

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