Legal Opinion
Hood v. McElroy
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 30, 2011No. 1091075PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Per curiam
The defendant, Jo Ann Hood, appeals from the trial court’s order granting a motion for a new trial filed by the plaintiff, Elizabeth McElroy, as personal representative of the estate of Austin Taylor Terry, deceased (“the estate”). We reverse and remand.
I. Factual Background and Procedural History
On September 6, 2002, the mother of Austin Taylor Terry, who was then 12 months old, admitted him to the Children’s Hospital of Alabama. A social worker at the hospital notified the Jefferson County Department of Human Resources (“DHR”) that Terry had suffered “suspicious non-accidental injuries,”…
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