DOE v. ROE

1921382.

638 So.2d 826 (1994)

Jane DOE v. John ROE, as father and next friend of A, B, and C, minor children.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 4, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Gespass and Richard Izzi of Gespass & Izzi, Birmingham, for appellant.

Henry C. Barnett, Jr. of Capell, Howard, Knabe & Cobbs, P.A., Montgomery, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The defendant, Jane Doe, appeals from a judgment permanently enjoining distribution of her novel portraying the murder of the natural mother of plaintiff John Roe's adoptive children. We reverse and remand.

I. Facts

In 1984, the natural mother of Roe's adoptive children was murdered by their natural father. The man dismembered his wife's body and buried it under a fish pond in the back yard of the family's home. When her body was discovered...

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