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BAPTIST MED. CENTERS v. TRIPPE

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643 So.2d 955 (1994)

BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTERS, BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER MONTCLAIR v. James L. TRIPPE, Sr., as administrator of the Estate of Nancy Pauline Trippe, deceased.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

July 1, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Sharp, Joel A. Williams and Stephanie R. White of Sadler, Sullivan, Herring & Sharp, P.C., Birmingham, for appellant.

G. Whit Drake and Thomas Marshall Powell of Emond & Vines, Birmingham, for appellee.

Sydney Lavender and James C. Barton of Johnston, Barton, Proctor, Swedlaw & Naff, Birmingham, for amicus curiae Alabama Hosp. Ass'n.

PER CURIAM.

Baptist Medical Centers, Baptist Medical Center Montclair appeals from a judgment based on a $1,100,000 jury verdict in favor of James L. Trippe, Sr., as administrator of the estate of Nancy Pauline Trippe. We reverse and remand.

On November 7, 1989, Nancy Trippe was voluntarily admitted to the psychiatric unit of Baptist Medical Center Montclair ("BMC"). She had been diagnosed by her doctor, Dr. David Morrison, as suffering from "bipolar disorder...

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