Waters v. University of Alabama Hospitals

KENNEDY, Justice.

Johnny and Joseph Waters filed a wrongful death action against the University of Alabama Board of Trustees; the University of Alabama at Birmingham; the University of Alabama Hospitals; Dr. Charles McCallum, president of the University of Alabama at Birmingham; and Dr. L. Clark Taylor, Jr., administrator of the University of Alabama Hospitals. The action also named other defendants who are not involved in this appeal. The trial court dismissed the defendants named above and made that judgment final pursuant to Rule 54(b), A.R.Civ.P.

The Waters’ notice of appeal indicated that…