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BASSIE v. OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY ASSOC.

1001685.

828 So.2d 280 (2002)

Timothy BASSIE, as personal representative of Deborah Bassie, deceased v. OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY ASSOCIATES OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA, P.C., Dr. M.H. Aldridge, and Dr. B.J. Moody.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 8, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Leon Ashford, Bruce J. McKee, and Michael D. Ermert of Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, Birmingham; and Debra Mestre of Mestre & Kelley, Birmingham, for appellant.

Walter W. Bates, Scott M. Salter, and Joseph L. Reese, Jr., of Starnes & Atchison, L.L.P., Birmingham, for appellees Obstetrics & Gynecology Associates of Northwest Alabama, P.C., and Dr. M.H. Aldridge.

John S. Key and Jenny L. McLeroy of Eyster, Key, Tubb, Weaver & Roth, Decatur, for appellee Dr. B.J. Moody.

MOORE, Chief Justice.

The issue on appeal is whether a personal-injury action may be maintained on behalf of a plaintiff who has been declared "brain dead" under § 22-31-1, Ala.Code 1975, as it read before it was amended effective July 1, 2000. We affirm the summary judgment for the defendants.

In January 2000, Deborah Bassie was admitted to Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital for the delivery of her child. She suffered complications during the delivery and...

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