EX PARTE ST. VINCENT'S HOSP.

1930537.

652 So.2d 225 (1994)

Ex parte ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL. (Re John Michael NEWTON, et al. v. ANESTHESIA SERVICES OF BIRMINGHAM, P.C., et al.).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied December 9, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark W. Lee, Jr. of Parsons, Lee & Juliano, P.C., Birmingham, for petitioner.

Thomas W. Christian, Deborah Alley Smith and Peggy C. Hooker of Rives & Peterson, M. Clay Alspaugh and Ronald R. Crook of Hogan, Smith, Alspaugh, Samples & Pratt, P.C., Kimberly R. West, Birmingham, for respondents.

John W. Lowe of James, Lowe & Mobley, Haleyville, for amici curiae Alabama Hosp. Ass'n and Alabama Hosp. Ass'n Trust, in support of the petitioner.

Michael S. Burroughs of Phelps, Owens, Jenkins, Gibson & Fowler, Tuscaloosa, for amicus curiae DCH Regional Medical Center, in support of the petitioner.

Gary A. Parker of Norman, Fitzpatrick, Wood, Parker & Kendrick, Birmingham, for amicus curiae Bd. of Trustees of University of Alabama d/b/a The University of Alabama Hospitals and Clinics, in support of the petitioner.

Charles E. Sharp and Stephanie R. White of Sadler, Sullivan, Herring & Sharp, P.C., Birmingham, for amicus curiae Baptist Health System, Inc., in support of the petitioner.

Lyman H. Harris and R. Stan Morris of Harris, Evans, Berg, Morris & Rogers, P.C., Birmingham, for amicus curiae Medical Center East, in support of the petitioner.

Walter W. Bates and Ashley E. Watkins of Starnes & Atchison, Birmingham, for amicus curiae the Medical Ass'n of the State of Alabama, in support of the petitioner.

Robert L. Williams of Spain, Gillon, Grooms, Blan & Nettles, Birmingham, for amicus curiae Alabama Ass'n for Health Care Quality, in support of the petitioner.


SHORES, Justice.

St. Vincent's Hospital petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the trial judge to vacate his discovery order of December 3, 1993. We deny the writ.

The background of this case is as follows: Zeneca, Inc. (formerly Stuart Pharmaceuticals) and St. Vincent's are codefendants in a medical malpractice/products liability action. St. Vincent's filed a cross-claim against Zeneca, alleging that Zeneca had failed to adequately warn the...

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