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ALTAPOINTE HEALTH v. MOBILE PROBATE COURT

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141 So.3d 998 (2013)

ALTAPOINTE HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. v. MOBILE COUNTY PROBATE COURT.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 20, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wade B. Perry, Jr. , and J. Ben Segarra of Johnstone, Adams, Bailey, Gordon & Harris, L.L.C., Mobile; and G.R. "Rick" Trawick of Slaten Law, P.C., Montgomery, for appellant.

J. Michael Druhan, Jr. , James C. Johnston , and Jason K. Hagmaier of Johnston Druhan LLP, Mobile, for appellee.

Algert S. Agricola, Jr. , of Ryals, Plummer, Donaldson, Agricola & Smith, P.C., Montgomery, for amicus curiae Alabama Probate Judges Association, in support of the appellee.

MOORE, Chief Justice.

AltaPointe Health Systems, Inc. ("AHS"), appeals from an order entered by Judge Don Davis of the Mobile County Probate Court denying its petition for an award of expert-witness fees in civil-commitment proceedings. This case presents a matter of first impression: Whether a publicly funded organization is entitled to expert-witness fees for an employee who gives expert testimony at involuntary civil...

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