Chandler v. Hospital Authority of Huntsville

I concur in that portion of the opinion which holds that, with respect to Chandler's contract claim for the wrongful death of her son, the holding in Geohagan v. General MotorsCorp., 291 Ala. 167, 279 So.2d 436 (1973), is controlling.

As to the other holding, I must respectfully dissent from the majority opinion on these grounds:(1) The equal protection claim was not adequately presented in the trial court, and there was no showing made that the legislature did not have a rational basis for granting immunity to this particular hospital.(2) This Court has previously decided that hospitals…