Frazier v. Gillis, 2100202 (ala.civ.app. 8-5-2011)

THOMPSON, Presiding Judge.

Joey Frazier, the executor of the estate of his mother, Florine Bryant, appeals from a judgment as a matter of law entered in favor of Frank Gillis, M.D., in this medical-malpractice case.

The record, viewed in the light most favorable to Frazier, see Leonard v. Cunningham, 4 So.3d 1181, 1184 (Ala.Civ.App.2008), indicates the following:

Dr. Gillis is a family practitioner who began treating Bryant in May 1999. In 2000, Carol Davis, a certified nurse practitioner, began working with Dr. Gillis at Lister Healthcare in Florence. Dr. Gillis was Davis’s “primary supervising…