EX PARTE EAST ALABAMA MENTAL HEALTH

1041601.

939 So.2d 1 (2006)

Ex parte EAST ALABAMA MENTAL HEALTH-MENTAL RETARDATION BOARD, INC., and Dr. Anne Penney. (In re James Crayton Walker, deceased, by and through his personal representative, Arnold Umbach, Jr., and James Christopher Walker, son and heir of the estate of James Crayton Walker, deceased v. East Alabama Mental Health-Mental Retardation Board, Inc., and Dr. Anne Penney).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 17, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carroll H. Sullivan, Christopher L. George, and Carter R. Hale of Scott, Sullivan, Streetman & Fox, P.C., Mobile, for petitioners.

Larry G. Cooper, Auburn, for respondents.


SEE, Justice.

East Alabama Mental Health-Mental Retardation Board, Inc. ("the Board"), and its director, Dr. Anne Penney, defendants in an action pending in the Lee Circuit Court, petition this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Lee Circuit Court to enter a summary judgment in favor of the Board and Penney because, they argue, the underlying action was commenced after the statutory limitations period had expired. We...

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