HealthSouth of Alabama, LLC v. Shelby Ridge Acquisition Corp.

DONALDSON, Judge.

These appeals relate to proceedings arising from requests by health-care providers to build an inpatient physical-rehabilitation hospital in Shelby County. The requests were addressed separately in administrative proceedings and in the Montgomery Circuit Court (“the trial court”). The appeals from the judgments entered by the trial court were consolidated by this court.

The complex, frustrating, and costly procedural histories of these appeals arise from an administrative process required to be followed before a demonstrated healthcare need can be met. We are required by…