Legal Opinion
Weatherly v. Baptist Medical Center
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 9, 1981No. 79-606Published
1Opinion of the Court
392 So.2d 832 (1981)
Henry WEATHERLY
v.
BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER et al.
79-606.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
January 9, 1981.
Jerome Tucker of Newton & Tucker, Birmingham, for appellant.
Thomas H. Keene of Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, Montgomery, for appellees.
ADAMS, Justice.
This appeal is from the dismissal of a malpractice suit pursuant to Rule 37(b) (2)(C), ARCP, for plaintiff's failure to comply with the trial court's order to answer interrogatories. The central issue is whether the trial court abused its discretion in applying the sanction of dismissal. We reverse.
Plaintiff is an 80-year-old…
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