Waddell v. Colbert County-Northwest Alabama Healthcare Authority

PITTMAN, Judge.

Michael Waddell appeals from a summary judgment in favor of Colbert County-Northwest Alabama Healthcare Authority, doing business as Helen Keller Hospital (“the hospital”), in a premises-liability action. We affirm.

Facts and Procedural History

On December 7, 2007, Waddell sued the hospital, asserting claims of negligence and wantonness and alleging that, on December 8, 2005, he was a visitor to the hospital when the elevator in which he was a passenger malfunctioned and plummeted from the fourth floor to the basement, injuring him.1 Waddell’s wife also asserted a loss-*180of-consorti…