WALKER REG. MED. CENTER, INC. v. McDONALD

1990554.

775 So.2d 169 (2000)

WALKER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC., d/b/a Walker Baptist Medical Center v. Daniel P. McDONALD, M.D.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

July 21, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Somerville III and Christopher W. Deering of Johnston, Barton, Proctor & Powell, L.L.P., Birmingham, for plaintiff.

Jeffrey D. Dyess of Hand Arendall, L.L.C., Birmingham, for defendant.

William G. Somerville III and Christopher W. Deering of Johnston, Barton, Proctor & Powell, L.L.P., Birmingham; and Gregg Brantley Everett, general counsel, Alabama Hospital Association, Montgomery, for amicus curiae Alabama Hospital Association, in support of Walker Baptist Medical Center.


MADDOX, Justice.

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama has certified to this Court the following questions, pursuant to Rule 18, Ala.R.App.P.:

"(1) Is the portion of the agreement wherein defendant agreed `to establish a practice of obstetrics and gynecology exclusively in Jasper, Alabama ... for a period of not fewer than forty-eight (48) consecutive months' an illegal restraint on [the defendant's] profession and, to that...

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